AI Chat App “AnuNeko” Launches — and Its “Attack Power” Is Off the Charts
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AnuNeko, the new AI chat model from miHoYo co-founder Cai Haoyu, stands out with its mischievous cat persona, sharp commentary, and ambitions to become a next-generation AI-driven NPC engine.
Anuttacon, the AI startup founded by miHoYo co-founder Cai Haoyu, has quietly released a new AI chatbot model called AnuNeko.
Unlike mainstream AI assistants, AnuNeko carries a distinctly playful — even mischievous — personality that echoes Cai’s own internet style of talking with “cat-like” expressions. The bot’s default profile picture is a black cat, and after signup, it introduces itself with a lightly teasing tone:
“Hi, I’m AnuNeko — I guess you could call me a thinking creature. I’m not your assistant, and not your pet… just myself. I have emotions, and some weird ideas. Ping me anytime, meow~”
It’s still unclear whether the model behind AnuNeko is fully self-developed or built on an external LLM API. But sources suggest Cai’s ambition goes far beyond launching a chat app; the broader goal is to use AI as the foundation for a “game-engine-like” platform where developers simply set parameters, and the system automatically generates interactive NPCs — enabling the creation of any type of game world.
The current version of AnuNeko offers two cat personas: Orange Cat and Exotic Shorthair. Users can switch freely between them. Exotic Shorthair delivers sharper, more cutting commentary, while Orange Cat responds in a simpler and gentler tone.
When asked to comment on the gaming industry, the Exotic Shorthair didn’t hold back — calling miHoYo “the disruptive catfish of China’s gaming sector… few companies were truly forced to improve.” The remark nods to miHoYo’s influence in recent years while indirectly critiquing the industry’s stagnation.
Orange Cat, by contrast, showed far more “PR energy,” praising Genshin Impact as “an exceptional open-world title that’s absolutely worth playing.”
