AI companion Friend appears to have spent most of its funds on buying friend.com.
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“People just don’t get consumer, I view this as saving money. Much less money needs to be spent on marketing, it’s a one time thing,” Schiffmann said.

The fact that we’re now reading this article and talking about it kind of proves his point!

Speak for yourself; I’m not going to read the article and just assume it’s silly garbage based on comments and having seen a few garbage products in my day.

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