Japanese AI chatbot startup meltly received a $44 million offer that lifted its valuation after a U.S. venture capital executive met CEO Yuji Takahashi in a Tokyo office building, according to a report. [1]
The report said the offer came after the executive sat down with Takahashi in Tokyo, where the startup discussed its business around custom AI characters. Users on meltly's Days AI app can make those characters and chat with them. [1]
Meltly's chief executive is Yuji Takahashi. [1]
The reported $44 million price tag is the clearest sign yet of investor interest in the company, which has built a consumer AI chatbot product around personalized characters. [1]
