Revenue Search: Inside Bittensor Subnet Session with Akshat Jagga from Dippy: SN 11
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Jul 23, 2025 Akshat Jagga, Co-founder and CEO of Dippy AI, introduces innovative AI companionship products targeting Gen Z. He discusses Dippy's evolution from a productivity assistant to a beloved chat companion, revealing that Gen Z spends an average of 90 minutes daily interacting with AI characters. Akshat explains their unique monetization strategy involving ads in chat bubbles and projects exciting features like real-time video chat with fantasy avatars by Christmas. The conversation also explores how Dippy is redefining AI experiences while ensuring user privacy.
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Mobile-First AI Companions For Gen Z
- Gen Z is spending large amounts of time with AI companions as a social substitute.
- Dippy positions these characters as mobile-first companions rather than productivity tools.
Pivot From Assistant To Companion
- Dippy began as a proactive productivity assistant that scanned your screen and suggested actions.
- Users instead preferred having long conversations, which led the team to pivot to companionship.
Companions Are A Major AI Use Case
- Companion apps are a major consumer AI use case already, with Character AI ranking extremely high in traffic.
- Dippy spotted a mobile gap and built a chat-first mobile experience akin to iMessage for character interaction.