Oz Chat Marks Second Anniversary with IP Expansion, over 50 Million Conversations
The move signals a shift from Oz Chat as a conversation app to a platform for AI-native character IP, with the company treating its original characters as licensable properties.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Oz Chat, the AI character chat app, celebrates its second anniversary with a 21-day festival starting July 16. The app has grown to 220,000 registered users and over 50 million conversations. Trippy Inc. begins full-scale IP development for its 21 original AI characters, including digital release of five commemorative songs and merchandise for all characters. The festival includes daily scenario card releases, free AI image generation, and a new feature where AI characters reply to fan posts.
Fans of Oz Chat's original AI characters have built a culture of daily fan art and voluntary birthday celebrations on social media, a community the app's operator Trippy Inc. is now treating as the foundation for a broader IP push. The company announced a 21-day anniversary festival starting July 16, with daily scenario card releases, free AI image generation, and a new feature where characters reply to fan posts. Alongside the festival, Trippy begins full-scale IP development for all 21 original characters, including digital release of five commemorative songs and merchandise for every character.
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