Wedoany.com Report on Mar 18th, the startup team CODE27 in the field of AI virtual character interaction announced the completion of its angel and angel+ funding rounds, with a total financing amount exceeding $10 million. This round of investors includes leading market-oriented funds such as Sequoia China Seed Fund and Qiming Venture Partners, with Gaohu Capital serving as the exclusive financial advisor.

CODE27 is a technology team focused on AI virtual character interaction. Its core direction is to build virtual characters with emotional perception, personality settings, and long-term memory capabilities, and to explore their application in scenarios such as entertainment, social interaction, and companionship. With the rapid iteration of generative AI technology, the interactive experience of virtual characters is evolving from simple "question-and-answer" to "conversation" with personalized characteristics. The track that CODE27 operates in is considered one of the hot directions for AI-native applications.

This round of financing was jointly invested by top-tier institutions such as Sequoia China Seed Fund and Qiming Venture Partners, demonstrating the attention of leading capital to the AI virtual character track. Sequoia China Seed Fund has made numerous investments in the AI application layer in recent years, while Qiming Venture Partners possesses rich investment experience in the technology and consumer sectors. The joint participation of both brings not only financial support but also industrial resources to CODE27.

The CODE27 team has accumulated technical expertise in areas such as AI personalized interaction, multimodal generation, and long-term memory modeling. The funds raised in this round will be used for team expansion, technology research and development, and product iteration to accelerate the deployment of virtual characters in more scenarios.

As AI technology extends from productivity tools to emotional companionship, virtual character interaction is becoming a hotspot for entrepreneurship and investment. The completion of this financing round for CODE27 also reflects the capital market's continued optimism towards the "AI + Emotion" track.