Shapes, a group chat app mixing AI characters with human users, launches from stealth with $8M seed funding and 400k monthly active users. Founded in 2022 by Anushk Mittal and Noorie Dhingra, it addresses "AI psychosis" by embedding AI in social contexts rather than isolated one-on-one interactions. Users can create custom AI characters and add them to group conversations.
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Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats
Shapes launches with $8M seed and 400k MAU to embed AI characters in group chats, reframing AI interaction as collaborative social play rather than isolated one-on-one relationships.
Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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