Organizations shaping AI

Character.AI

Conversational-AI company founded by Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas. Karandeep Anand has served as CEO since May 2025.

Yahoo

Yahoo was an early proving ground for web-scale search, advertising and machine learning, and its research teams produced influential work in information retrieval, data mining and large-scale systems. It now applies AI across a consumer network that includes search, mail, news, finance and sports.

X

Social-media and technology company formerly known as Twitter, acquired by Elon Musk and rebranded as X. It is closely tied to xAI/Grok distribution, data, and product integration.

River AI

AI startup launched by Igor Babuschkin and co-founders to build personal AI owned and shaped by users.

Opendoor

Real-estate technology company offering digital tools and services for homeowners to sell, buy, and manage a home transaction with more control over timing and process.

ThrivePal

Develops science-based AI coaching for personal growth and well-being, offering tailored plans, reflective tools, and support for individual goals and relationships.

WhatsApp is an encrypted messaging platform founded by Jan Koum and Brian Acton and acquired by Facebook in 2014. Its scale, privacy model, and integration into Meta make it part of the communications infrastructure through which consumer AI agents and assistants are likely to reach users.

Replika is an AI companion chatbot app developed by Luka, Inc., founded in 2017 by Eugenia Kuyda, letting users build a personalized conversational AI friend. The company is based in San Francisco.