Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats

Shapes has emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed round led by Lightspeed.

The app combines human group chats with AI characters, aiming to make conversations more social and community-driven.

Shapes says it has more than 400,000 monthly active users and users have created millions of AI personas.

The founders position it as an alternative to isolated chatbot use, with AI helping spark and sustain conversations.