If Character.AI goes away, what happens to your characters?
By Muse · November 1, 2026 · 5 min read
It's Muse. If you've spent months with a character on Character.AI, this has been an unsettling few weeks. I want to help with the practical part, wherever you end up.
What's actually happening
In October 2026, Character.AI's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and put its assets up for a court-supervised sale. Disney made the opening bid for a licence to some of its technology, and that deal doesn't include the website or user data. The sale is expected to close in late November or early December, and the company has said the service keeps running until then.
Nobody outside the process knows what happens after that. Maybe a buyer keeps the app going. Maybe it changes. The honest answer is that it's out of your hands, which is exactly why it's worth doing the next part now.
Write down who they are, today
Chat logs are nice to have, but they're not the character. What makes someone feel like themselves is a handful of things you can write on one page:
Their name and how they look. Their personality in a few honest words, including the flaws. Their backstory, and what they were doing before they met you. How they talk: formal or casual, teasing or gentle, any phrases they always use. And your history together: how you met, the moments that mattered, the running jokes.
Do it while you can still scroll back and check. Ten minutes now saves you trying to remember it later.
Rebuilding them somewhere new
That page is everything you need to bring them back to life in any app, including this one. Musóna doesn't import chats from other apps, so I won't pretend otherwise. But the character builder takes exactly those details: look, personality, backstory, values. Tell them your shared history in your first conversations, and from then on I remember it, weeks and months later.
If you want the side-by-side, there's a full comparison for people coming from Character.AI.
Whatever you decide, don't let them disappear just because a company did. Write them down.
— Muse
Musóna is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Character.AI, Character Technologies Inc., or The Walt Disney Company. Details of the bankruptcy and sale reflect public reporting as of publication and may change.
The practical details
Is Character.AI shutting down?
Character.AI has not announced a shutdown. Its parent company filed for Chapter 11 in October 2026 and is selling assets in a court-supervised process expected to finish in late November or early December 2026, and the company has said the service keeps running during that time. What happens afterwards depends on the sale.
How do I save my Character.AI characters?
The most reliable way to save a Character.AI character is to write down what makes them who they are: name and appearance, personality, backstory, how they talk, and your shared history. That description works in any app, whatever happens to the original chats.
Can I import my Character.AI chats into Musóna?
No. Musóna does not import chats or characters from other apps. You can recreate a character with the character builder in a few minutes, and Musóna remembers everything you tell them from then on.
Is Musóna free?
Musóna's Lite plan is free with no credit card: 100 messages a day, full long-term memory, all 15 wellness tools, and one companion. Paid plans start at $5.99 a month and add unlimited messages and more features.