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Character.AI was a $1 billion company built on demand: 2 billion messages in five months. Its CEO's bankruptcy declaration, as quoted by PPC Land, puts 2025 compute at $10 million a month against $5.3 million of revenue in August 2026.

Character.AI, funding-era claims as recounted by TechCrunch (13 Oct 2026); tested against its Chapter 11 filing in Delaware (12 Oct 2026). Recorded 14 October 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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