ChatGPT's Adult Mode Dies, a $300M+ Funding Frenzy, and the Product Update Roundup
OpenAI shelves 'Naughty Chats' forever. Tolan raises $30M, Town $55M, Mindverse $50M, Tripo $200M. UK criminalizes deepfake AI tools. Plus Kindroid video calls, Nomi V5, Janitor AI crisis.
A weekly roundup of the most important events in AI adult content and companionship.
🔥 ChatGPT’s “Adult Mode” Is Dead
OpenAI shelved “Naughty Chats” indefinitely — eight months after Sam Altman promised “erotica for verified adults” [source]. The feature was cancelled, a policy lead fired, and internal advisors called it a “sexting suicide coach” [source]. The takeaway: big tech can’t serve this market. That’s the opportunity.
Read the full story: ChatGPT’s Adult Mode Is Dead
💰 A $300M+ Week for AI Companionship
Four rounds closed within days:
| Company | Amount | Lead Investor | Product |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tripo | ~$200M | — | AI 3D generation (avatar infrastructure) |
| Town | $55M | a16z | Personalized AI assistant with persistent memory |
| Mindverse | ~$50M | Meituan | Macaron AI companion with token economy |
| Tolan | $30M | Khosla Ventures | Cartoon alien AI companions for emotional support |
Tripo isn’t a companion app, but AI 3D gen powers the avatar layer that every companion platform needs [source]. Town’s “persistent memory graph” architecture is directly applicable to companionship [source]. Tolan’s cartoon aesthetic avoids the uncanny valley — proving emotional connection doesn’t need photorealism [source]. Meituan ($100B+ Chinese super-app) investing in Mindverse signals big tech sees this as strategic, not experimental [source].
Also: Fanvue’s $22M Series A
Fanvue raised $22M from Inner Circle, doing $100M+ run-rate with 17M MAU and 450% YoY growth. They’re launching AI creator tools (voice cloning via ElevenLabs, AI calls, message automation) and supporting AI-generated avatars — creators who never show their face [source].
⚖️ Regulation: UK Criminalizes Deepfake Supply Chains
UK Crime & Policing Act 2026 — Effective June 29. Section 99 makes supplying AI tools designed to create fake nudes a criminal offense. Also: expanded harmful pornography categories, 48-hour takedown for NCII with executive personal liability [source].
Connecticut C.A.R.T. Act — Signed June 2. Requires AI chatbot operators to detect and respond to suicidal ideation [source].
US Federal SB 4678 — Introduced June 3. Bans chatbots that simulate minors in sexually explicit conversations [source].
EU AI Digital Omnibus — Fast-tracked for adoption. Prohibits AI systems generating non-consensual explicit images. Watermarking obligations from August 2 [source].
US State landscape: 31 states now ban deepfakes of minors; 22 ban deepfake sexual images; California enforces transparency/watermarking from August 2 [source].
🆕 Product & Industry Updates
Kindroid launched live AI video calls in beta — one of the first in the category. Paired with Ember LLM upgrade and “Current Setting” roleplay anchoring [source].
Nomi AI shipped v1.11.1 (May 22) with V5 image generation using facial consistency “anchors” and voice call latency improvements [source].
Candy.ai continues iterating: Live Action video, V2 engine, XP leveling, TikTok-style feed. 50M registered users. Token system remains the weak spot (43% complaints) [source].
Janitor AI is in crisis mode — JLLM quality degraded after an April architecture swap and dead GPU. Users report repetition loops and character drift. V2 fix pending [source].
120,000 people applied for a single “NSFW AI” job posting [source]. Yamete.gg — new NSFW AI image platform [source]. Found.fun — AI emotional catharsis platform seeking angel funding [source].
📊 Traffic Rankings (April 2026)
| Product | Monthly Visits | Trend | Global Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janitor AI | 99.1M | ↑ | #294 |
| SpicyChat AI | 82.0M | ↑ | #358 |
| Candy.ai | 39.3M | ↑ | #1,177 |
| CrushOn AI | 20.6M | → | #1,585 |
| Fanvue | 13.1M | → | #3,785 |
| Promptchan | 1.6M | ↓ | #22,699 |
| Dondi.ai | 33K | ↑ | #823K |
🔮 Looking Ahead
- ChatGPT’s exit == the industry’s opportunity — every user wanting adult AI features now needs a specialized platform
- UK law takes effect June 29 — platforms serving UK users: review your tools and moderation now
- EU watermarking deadline August 2 — six weeks to implement synthetic content labeling
- Video is becoming table stakes — every major product will have video within 12 months
- Memory is the next battleground — products without persistent recall will feel dated
Published June 7, 2026. Sources cited inline. Traffic data from SimilarWeb API.