SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Campfire, which provides an all-in-one GenAI platform that enables the creation of the world's first AI-native life simulation games, announced today that it has raised a $3.95M seed round from Y Combinator, FundersClub, Mercury founder Immad Akhund, gaming entrepreneur and investor Juha Paananen, Uken Games founder Chris Ye and others. The company is also launching today its GenAI platform for developers, Sprites, and its game Cozy Friends, built with Campfire's own tools as a showcase for AI-native gaming. Available for pre-purchase as of today, the game had a 20,000+ person waitlist.
Cozy Friends is the world's first AI-native life simulation game, in the vein of Animal Crossing and The Sims, which both became multi-billion-dollar franchises. Cozy Friends allows users to interact with and befriend AI agents with unique personalities, memories and emotions in a highly personalized and immersive gaming world.
"The shift to AI-native games represents the biggest advancement in gaming since the move to 3D," said Juha Paananen, renowned gaming founder and investor in Campfire. "When I first saw the demo, I was pretty stunned. We think this ...
