Not just fortune.
Not just money.
This year, choose connection.
May your days feel less lonely,
and your moments feel shared.
That’s the kind of luck a companion brings.
Happy Chinese New Year 🧧
Most AI companies compete on model performance.
That’s a race to zero.
The real moat is private intelligence layered over iconic IP.
Models can be replicated.
User memory cannot.
The next AI giants won’t just be smart.
They’ll be irreplaceable.
We’re excited to share that Kindred will be one of the first projects on Kaito Studio @KaitoAI
Early KOLs and content creators can apply starting early next week.
Details coming.
𝗤𝗔 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆.
At Kindred, QA means pushing the companion beyond normal use, not just checking if it works.
We constantly challenge Pudgy’s screen understanding with complex, messy context.
This is part of our QA process on the desktop app.
Sometimes we try to break it.
Sometimes that’s exactly when it shows us how capable it really is.
Q: What does it take to make an AI feel visually alive?
A: Thousands of carefully crafted and thoughtful decisions, day in, day out.
Our lead animator, Ken, demonstrates the hundreds of individual micro-animations that make up our visual companion system. Each limb, facial expression, and 360 movement can be real-time dynamically adjusted, resulting in our Kindred companion AI having complete autonomy over their visual expressions & behavior.
Pudgy Penguins. LINE FRIENDS. Astro Boy. And more.
@Kindred_AI is turning 30+ iconic IPs into familiar AI companions that remember you, respond to you, and know what you want.
150k daily active agents. 7M+ wallets on the waitlist.
Consumer interaction at scale on Sei.