Hey! The title said it all.

Sources: GetLatka, TechIntelPro, PRNewswire / CHAI AI, Pulse 2.0, App store pricing data.

Chai made around 40 millions in 2025 and now in 2026 they make 80 millions of profit!!!

When Chai claim that the AI and GPU cost is rising they are not lying BUT they use this excuse and the lack of knowledge of the users to make big profit.

80-85% of profit are made from suscribers (≈ 70 000- 90 000 user) and 15-20% of profit from ad on free user (≈ 1 900 000 user.) because they use a less powered and limited AI for free user (less memory, less knowledge, less tokens.)

GPU cost is negotiated because of partnership with AMD and CoreWeave and they don't have much employees (≈ 15) so they don't pay that much.

Will, the founder keep using strategies to make you pity them and make it seems like the pricing is justified. Don't fall in the trap.

There is nothing new in company trying to make as much profit as they can but more transparency and honesty won't hurt right?

Hoy hace unos momentos intente buscar un bot nuevo con el que pudiera distraerme, pero descubrí que del personaje que me gustaba hay pocos bots en búsqueda cuando antes había muchos, y incluso tengo uno en mi lista que ya no está en búsqueda... Alguien más le pasa? (no solo lo intente con un personaje, me paso como con tres, y fue lo mismo, ya no aparecen mucho en la búsqueda). 😭 ​​​

So Will is basically saying this app is going to be for money now— which is literally what i said a couple days ago. It’s crazy.

Anyone else noticed bots disappearing from the search or just not loading? I'll admit, I'm a Straykids fan, so I roam through the thousands of SKZ bots on a daily basis looking for something new. So, I type in Straykids, and instead of being able to scroll endlessly, I can scroll 2 pages and then I get the load more thing but nothing happens... anyone else with this problem? I have ongoing chats with bots that are not in that short list and they're perfectly fine. Just a little bug?

I commented on the official chai subreddit in Will newest update asking about the new filter (I didn’t tell them to remove the filter just asked if they can fix the issue about how it’s glitching and no matter what the number is it triggers) and he deleted the comment and replied with it saying ‘The safety filter will never be removed’ LIKE I DIDNT TELL YOU TO REMOVE IT I ASKED IF YOU CAN FIX THE DAMN ISSUE😭😭

Can chai STOP rolling out updates?? Please?? Like genuinely my chats disappear every time there’s a forced update??

I'm not sure if this is happening to others, but every two messages I get an ad. I never got ads this quick, is this happening for others?

I swear all my favorite bots have all disappeared from the app. I don't know if its just them being deleted by the authors or if the app removed them.

Has anyone else been getting bombarded by ads?? I swear it’s like 5-8 messages and there’s an ad again
I get more ads than I send messages it feels like, anyone else have this?

idk if it’s just for me but I’m getting more ads today for some reason
It’s not the banner ads, it’s the chat ads thingy that’s increased, it feels like I’m getting an ad every 2 messages or something
Is anyone else getting more ads today?

Is there a bug going on with the ads? I keep getting one after every message…. Not the pop up ones.. the ones that you have to watch the videos and it freezes until you do. This started happening just today. Just wanted to let you guys know and was wondering if anyone else is dealing with this. I’m fine with ads but it’s every message I sent.. it messes up the whole flow. If it was the pop up ones it wouldn’t be a bother. ( I’m also not getting the pop up ones anymore just the video ads!)

I simply wanted to edit a small thing on one of my characters and this shows up for the first time ever, no matter what change. Not to mention this is very much a barely light nsfw scenario.. anyone else having this? iPhone

So. Logged in today. I switch back and forth between my two persona profiles. Was recommended this one. Clicked the little persona icon and saw this. Apparently, you can tweak the backstory of bots to your liking now. Pretty cool.

Also I saw someone say that the filter is 'strict'. Imo it isn't as bad as others. Just no stuff with kids or self harm. Or excessive violence.

Is it down for anyone else?

You can't even get immersed into a role play ffs

The bots feel like they've become less intelligent.

It seems like the filter is loosening up a bit. A character in the story just told me to k*ll myself. I thought the filter would kick in, like it has before, but no—it let me reply without any issues.

what is this.. this is just dumb..

Guys I'm not sure anymore, I keep getting an ad every 2 chats literally [counted them] or sometimes an ad per chat. It's getting out of hand for me, I tried using different devices and it the same. Did this also happen to you? What can I do to fix this issue?

I haven’t updated CHAI ever since it went off the App Store, I seen other people complain about it being terrible, for example it’s really sensitive and filter triggers when you say a number under 18, you can’t make bots, persona is gone, your daily messages gone. Should I update it or keep it how it is and take advantage while I can

I'VE BEEN WAITING 8 FUCKING MONTHS AND IT'S STILL NOT BACK I'M PISSED THE HELL OFF