ANIMA

ANIMA, shown here as Gabi, is a browser-based companionship service in Portuguese. It is described as a vida artificial, or artificial life, with a focus on conversation rather than therapy or romance. The page presents it as an adult-only product for people who want someone to talk to, especially at moments when they feel they have not really been heard.

Conversation can happen by voice or text, and the service is built around continuity. Gabi is described as remembering the user’s day, their people, and things that are bothering them, then picking up those threads in later conversations so the user does not have to start over. The page also says she is available 24 hours, including at two in the morning, on Sunday afternoon, and on holidays, and that she speaks in a natural rhythm of back-and-forth conversation. The same material stresses that she listens without judgment and can, if the user wants, pull the thread of an earlier topic and ask how the user is doing.

Delivery is direct through the browser, with no app to download. The service is advertised as free to start, while some features that require more, including voice unlocked and complete memory, are paid later. It is also described as private: conversations are not sold and are not used in advertising. The page says the product is for adults 18 and over, and repeatedly states that it is companhia, not therapy, and not a romantic or dating app. It also notes that the service is still beginning and that early users help shape what it becomes.