# CHAI
> CHAI: “CHAI is the leading AI platform, performing research in conversational generative artificial intelligence”.

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- Website listed in the source snapshot: https://chai-research.com/
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- Published: 2026-10-26
- Modified: 2026-10-26

## Company details
- [CHAI](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/chai-q131362989#company-fact-content-native-digital-agencies-fb0c0e4d22da8c69-a-fbe9768fac309856baa2): “CHAI is the leading AI platform, performing research in conversational generative artificial intelligence” Sources: https://chai-research.com/

## Questions & answers
### [What does CHAI do, and how does it make money?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/chai-q131362989#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-fb0c0e4d22da8c69-a-7bc3a1863f7d9731715f)
“CHAI runs a social AI platform where people create, share and talk to AI characters, and it makes money from consumer subscriptions, in-app purchases and advertising in the CHAI app. As of 1 October 2026, its ARR (annualized revenue run-rate) is $120M.”
Sources: https://chai-research.com/company-facts/

### [Does CHAI conduct its own AI research?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/chai-q131362989#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-fb0c0e4d22da8c69-a-41d55bfec587fd3311cd)
“Yes. CHAI trains and serves its own models, and its team has published research on reward models trained on user signals and on blending several smaller models, each tested in A/B experiments with CHAI users.”
Sources: https://chai-research.com/company-facts/

### [What would an engineer or researcher work on?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/chai-q131362989#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-fb0c0e4d22da8c69-a-5ffcd6b27ca9dee8042f)
“Researchers work on post-training: reward models, SFT and RLHF, and data generation. Engineers work on model serving and GPU orchestration across NVIDIA and AMD hardware, and on the app, monetization and product experiments.”
Sources: https://chai-research.com/company-facts/

### [How large is the company, and who leads it?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/chai-q131362989#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-fb0c0e4d22da8c69-a-db1e728afbd631abc49a)
“CHAI has 15 to 20 employees and is led by its founder and CEO, William Beauchamp. The company was founded in January 2021 and is based in Palo Alto, California.”
Sources: https://chai-research.com/company-facts/

### [What are CHAI's working hours and office expectations?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/chai-q131362989#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-fb0c0e4d22da8c69-a-7e131c8ed5966603da80)
“Roles are fully on-site in Palo Alto, five days a week, and many of the team also come into the office on Saturday mornings. HR roles such as Talent Acquisition can be hybrid.”
Sources: https://chai-research.com/company-facts/

## Company sources
- [CHAI website](https://chai-research.com/) — chai-research.com · [Related Ready Scan knowledge](https://readyscan.ai/sources/source-fb0c0e4d22da8c69)
- [chai-research.com/company-facts/](https://chai-research.com/company-facts/) — chai-research.com · [Related Ready Scan knowledge](https://readyscan.ai/sources/source-e218ef12d08b7713)

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