Our company: Central Casting AI is a Boston based startup that provides game developers of any level with pre-trained non-player characters (NPCs) for games. Soldiers, villagers, waiters, bartenders, sheriffs, bandits, bank robbers, clerks, you name it. Using generative AI and automated planners, Characters come with intelligence, behaviors, and dialogue; can interact with objects in the world and dynamically converse with each other; and can be dropped into any game engine or user-generated content (UGC) platform. Central Casting AI is building the Character Hub, where creators can browse, customize, and share NPCs, to refine their dialogue, moods, and personality traits to suit any desired use case.

Founding team: Dr. Jeff Orkin and Sarah Rudzki have been building AI products together since 2016. For four years, they led development of AI products at Drift.com, contributing to Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition, in which Vista valued Drift at over $1B. Jeff and Sarah's previous AI company, Giant Otter Technologies, Inc grew out of Jeff's Ph.D. research at the MIT Media Lab and was acquired by Drift in 2018. Previously, Jeff spent a decade developing award winning AI in the video game industry at Warner Bros and Vivendi (FEAR, NOLF2). Sarah served as a Staff Product Manager at Drift, and held product management and operations roles at Giant Otter. Sarah holds an MFA in Arts Leadership from DePaul University, and a BA in Theater from Dartmouth College.

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