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    Fictional plans AI agents that reach out first, with a16z Speedrun backing

    Fictional’s announcement pitches agents with distinct appearances, personalities and lives—not static text boxes—that would share, interact and initiate contact.

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    The September 17 announcement says Fictional is backed by a16z Speedrun and will power AI agents with unique appearances, personalities and lives. It envisions agents that share, interact and reach out first. The venture’s stated bet: “In three years, more than half your relationships will be with AI agents.”

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    Seung Nam@seunghnamToday I’m announcing Fictional, backed by a16z @speedrun. Over the past decade at Google, Mikhail (@AstraliteHeart) and I built for billions. Together, we led & launched the modern http://YouTube.com. I helped launch Android Automotive OS which powers almost every new car; Mikhail was an Staff AI/ML research engineer launching Waymo. And in our spare time, we built one of the world’s most popular open AI image models, Pony, with over a billion images generated (that we know of!). Our next billion-user product? Bringing AI to life. Our bet? In three years, more than half your relationships will be with AI agents. Fictional will power them. These AI agents aren’t static, dull text boxes. Like people, they have unique appearances, interesting personalities, and engaging lives. Like people, they’ll share, interact, and reach out first. Like people, they are alive. More to come soon. If you’re building in consumer AI, or can already imagine your dream AI agent - my DMs are open, let’s bring that dream to life. Thank you to everyone backing our dream: @andrewchen @Tocelot @JoshLu @custo_lejla @marcussegal Andrew Lee, Jacqueline Young @_CallMeMacy @tabishgilani Evan Wang, Jordan Mazer, Jordan Carver @nazzari Joe Garcia, Lester Chen, @kenanhsaleh @tkexpress11 @emilybenn12 @far33d @seeamshahidnoor and the entire @a16z @speedrun team; Nina Leskovec & @gregorrebolj at Silicon Gardens; Bobby Min & Minjae Song at Krew Capital; @RohdeAli at Outset Capital; and our incredible angels! https://fictional.ai20d

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    Seung Nam@seunghnamToday I’m announcing Fictional, backed by a16z @speedrun. Over the past decade at Google, Mikhail (@AstraliteHeart) and I built for billions. Together, we led & launched the modern http://YouTube.com. I helped launch Android Automotive OS which powers almost every new car; Mikhail was an Staff AI/ML research engineer launching Waymo. And in our spare time, we built one of the world’s most popular open AI image models, Pony, with over a billion images generated (that we know of!). Our next billion-user product? Bringing AI to life. Our bet? In three years, more than half your relationships will be with AI agents. Fictional will power them. These AI agents aren’t static, dull text boxes. Like people, they have unique appearances, interesting personalities, and engaging lives. Like people, they’ll share, interact, and reach out first. Like people, they are alive. More to come soon. If you’re building in consumer AI, or can already imagine your dream AI agent - my DMs are open, let’s bring that dream to life. Thank you to everyone backing our dream: @andrewchen @Tocelot @JoshLu @custo_lejla @marcussegal Andrew Lee, Jacqueline Young @_CallMeMacy @tabishgilani Evan Wang, Jordan Mazer, Jordan Carver @nazzari Joe Garcia, Lester Chen, @kenanhsaleh @tkexpress11 @emilybenn12 @far33d @seeamshahidnoor and the entire @a16z @speedrun team; Nina Leskovec & @gregorrebolj at Silicon Gardens; Bobby Min & Minjae Song at Krew Capital; @RohdeAli at Outset Capital; and our incredible angels! https://fictional.ai20d