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Nature Select secured 42 million USD from Alibaba and Ant Group to scale its AI companion EVE. The s...
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The article updates the player map for affective/emotional AI agents through a $42M funding round, though it falls below the cross.ยงD threshold.
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Nature Select secured 42 million USD from Alibaba and Ant Group to scale its AI companion EVE. The startup uses its Echo-N1 affective model and graphRAG memory to enable proactive emotional intelligence. This funding signals a strategic industry shift from task-oriented bots to agents that navigate subjective emotions and real-world services. By fusing 3D gamification with autonomous agents, the company is building a new interface for consumer commerce. ๐
