[AI Social App Status AI Completes a Total of $17 Million in Seed and Series A Funding] According to TechCrunch, AI social app Status AI announced the completion of a total of $17 million in seed and Series A funding. Investors include General Catalyst, Y Combinator, LightShed Partners, and Abstract. Status AI focuses on 'immersive social entertainment,' allowing users to create personas within the app, take on roles in fictional or real-world scenarios, and experience situations like 'becoming a celebrity' or 'running for president.' Users can interact with others through single-player or multiplayer modes. The platform's worlds and characters are user-generated, with over 13 million worlds and more than 5 million character profiles created to date.