Campfire
has
raised
$3.95m
for
its
generative
AI
engine,
Sprites.
According
to
Venturebeat,
the
seed
round
was
supported
by
Y
Combinator,
FundersClub,
Mercury
founder
Immad
Akhund,
gaming
entrepreneur
and
investor
Juha
Paananen,
and
Uken
Games
founder,
Chris
Ye.
To
showcase
the
tech
in
action,
Campfire
is
developering
its
own
title,
Cozy
Friends,
which
features
characters
that
will
“remember
previous
interactions,
retain
key
info
on
topics,
and
display
a
high
level
of
EQ
that
affects
flow
of
conversation.
No
two
users
will
have
the
same
experience.”
According
to
co-founder
Siamak
Freydoonnejad,
this
free-to-start
inaugural
title
–
which
uses
26+
“conversational
agent
NPCs”
–
has
a
20K+
waiting
list.
“The
shift
to
AI-native
games
represents
the
biggest
advancement
in
gaming
since
the
move
to
3D,”
Paananen
said.
“When
I
first
saw
the
demo,
I
was
pretty
stunned.
We
think
this
technology
will
transform
gaming
and
entertainment,
and
Campfire
is
showing
a
blueprint
for
AI-native
games
with
Cozy
Friends,
and
the
toolset
for
any
developer
to
do
the
same
with
Sprites.”