What is DreamRP?

DreamRP lets creators earn money by turning their characters into chatbots. For example, George R.R. Martin could charge fans to chat with a Jon Snow bot.

TL;DR

AI roleplaying is wildly popular, but no existing platform focuses on the most impactful component of the experience: the creators who make the characters. With a more ethical implementation of AI and the right creation and monetization features, DreamRP has unlocked AI roleplaying for the most talented and successful creators.

What’s up with AI roleplaying?

AI-driven roleplaying chatbots are going through a weird phase right now—grassroots demand for the experience has nearly outpaced the platforms that provide it. Offerings from companies like Character.ai and even Meta’s new AI Studio emphasize practical GPT-like assistants, but leaderboards are filled with fantasy heroes, movie villains, and anime waifus. On their coattails are many scrappier alternatives (even the small ones reach hundreds of thousands in ARR), as well as an enthusiastic open-source community fine-tuning their own roleplaying models for home-brew solutions like SillyTavern. It’s no surprise that 12 of the top 20 applications using OpenRouter this month and 6 of the top 20 Gen AI web products are mainly used for AI roleplaying.

What they’re all missing: a creator focus

Competing in such a crowded space is challenging. With open source now advancing the frontier with models like Flux.1 and Llama 3.1, once-rare levels of performance and innovative features are becoming commonplace. Pushing the boundaries of uncensored content frequently leads to an early death. User acquisition ads that were previously effective are now being priced out.

All of these platforms neglect a crucial component of the roleplaying experience: the creators who make the characters. Even with the best models and features, refining the character prompt, image, and scenario to be engaging takes effort and imagination, and users frequently need to dig through junk to find a character that performs well. When the tech is commoditized, the platform with the best creators has the best content and, therefore, the best product.

Untapped potential

Where are the best creators? Despite fans' demand for their content, the artists, authors, and other creators who traditionally make works of fiction are nowhere to be seen on these platforms. To them, current platforms are actually taboo: so marred by ethical concerns over industry usage of AI-generated art and the scraping of training data that even being associated with AI would ostracize them from the creative community.

What users are left with are inconsistent fan-made renditions of popular characters and a lack of community around the content itself. Stigma over using roleplaying chatbots has limited the sharing and discussion of these experiences in the vibrant fandoms surrounding these creators and their works.

Enter DreamRP

We are Phillip and Nina, and we built DreamRP to empower creators in the AI roleplaying landscape. With an implementation of AI that addresses the ethical concerns of the creative community, specialized creation tools, and monetization features that reward creators for their work, DreamRP removes the barrier separating creators and their fans. With our platform, creators who previously would’ve been canceled for even mentioning the syllables “A” and “I” in adjacent sentences have onboarded onto our platform, created characters, and publicly promoted them to their fans on social media. Join us as we transform this exciting new medium of entertainment with the most talented creators and their immensely passionate fanbases.

If you’re a creator—or know someone who is—come check us out at dreamrp.com or get in touch at founders@dreamrp.com.