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Artificial Agency raises $16M to bring AI-powered behavior to games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Artificial Agency, an AI startup pioneering generative behavior for gaming, emerged from stealth and announced $16 million in funding.

The funding will be used to accelerate the development of the company’s flagship product — an
AI-powered behavior engine that enables game developers to embed runtime decision-making
seamlessly into any aspect of a game, delivering a gaming experience that feels truly alive.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.