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Character.AI
Conversational character platform; founders returned to Google in 2024.
| Type | AGI-focused startups |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 |
| Founders | Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, US |
| Website | character.ai |
Character.AI hiring
Character.AI lists 13 open roles on its Ashby job board today, and 7 of them are research, model, training or inference roles. Top locations: Redwood City, CA (12), Redwood City (1), New York City (1).
- Machine Learning Infrastructure EngineerRedwood City, CA
- Research Engineer, Post-Training (All Industry Levels)Redwood City or New York City
- Software Engineer, Backend/Applied ML (Safety & Integrity)Redwood City, CA
- Principal Research Engineer, Post-TrainingRedwood City, CA
- Research Engineer, AI Safety & AlignmentRedwood City, CA
- Software Engineer, Applied ML (Discovery, Recommendation & Search)Redwood City, CA
- Technical Program Manager, Model Alignment and Deployment Redwood City, CA
Source: Character.AI careers (Ashby), read 2 Nov 2026. All research roles at tracked labs.
Character.AI: quick answers
Is Character.AI hiring?
Yes. Character.AI had 13 open roles on its job board on 2 Nov 2026, including 7 research and model roles.
Who founded Character.AI?
Character.AI was founded in 2021 by Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas.
People at Character.AI
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