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Prelulu
Be the main character: chat & video roleplay any story
146 followers
Be the main character: chat & video roleplay any story
146 followers
Immersive stories with AI characters you can text or video roleplay with. It's our first time bringing real-time avatar technology to consumer scale. You can create your own characters with live avatar capability.
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Hey Product Hunt! I’m Tony, co-founder and CEO of The Influence Company, the team behind Prelulu.
What if you could step into a story, and its characters could talk back?
We’re building Prelulu to make AI video stories feel less like something you watch and more like something you’re part of. You meet a character, build a story through conversation, and come face-to-face through live video.
A late-night confession. A first encounter with someone you shouldn’t trust. A romance where you decide what to say next.
We started with interactive AI stories and kept coming back to one thing: the characters are what make you want to stay. Not just what happens next, but who it happens with. That became the heart of Prelulu: stories built around characters you can actually talk to.
You can discover characters, create your own, roleplay over chat, and take the conversation into a real-time video call. Rather than choosing from a few scripted options, you bring your own words.
Today, the experience starts with a conversation. Our bigger ambition at The Influence Company is to make video stories you can live inside, not just watch.
Try a video call, and tell us: what kind of story would you want to step into first?
Switching from text into a video scene is an interesting part of this. I'd want the character to pick up the same conversation, without having to explain the story again.
@oleksii_sekundant Thanks, Oleksii! Great point! We're already working on better context sharing across different modalities to make the experience feel more seamless and natural!
Quick question: can I create the story by myself?
@jackinlearning96 Yes you can!! Try creating the story with the character, and we have more modes coming up!
@jackinlearning96 Absolutely, Jack! Here’s our latest story experiment. Would love for you to check it out! https://x.com/preluluofficial/status/2117563133120176449
How much can the story actually change based on the way I talk to the character?
Congrats @tonyabracadabra & team!
Thanks for sharing @chrismessina :)
@chrismessina @hamza_afzal_butt Thanks so much, Hamza! 🙌
Quite a lot, actually, especially in video calls. During a call, the avatar steers the storyline through tool calls. As you talk, it decides when to move the plot forward, change direction, or react, based on what you say. So two people who start the same story can end up somewhere completely different.
We're also building more advanced (and cheaper) models that make this much more dynamic. One early demo is our recent work with @hynomas on HY-NoMaS, Hunyuan's interactive world-generation model. It lets you step inside a microdrama and steer the video itself through text instructions and camera controls, so you can explore the "what if": https://x.com/preluluofficial/status/2117563133120176449
Jump into a video call and push the character somewhere unexpected. I'd love to hear how far you can take it!
@chrismessina @hynomas @tonyabracadabra
Thats actually a lot more dynamic than I expected. The idea that two people can start from the same point and end up with completely different outcomes is really interesting...
@chrismessina @hamza_afzal_butt Thank you Chris for hunting us! And thank you Hamza!!
The video calls are what made me click. Can I try one without turning my camera on?
@alicia_verrando Yes Alicia! You can try a call with your camera off 😊 If you choose to turn it on, the character can see your reactions and respond to them. Totally up to you!
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I’m Ning, Co-founder & CTO of The Influence Company.
My bet is that the first breakout in real-time AI video will come from the application side, from experiences people love enough to keep coming back to.
Prelulu is how we’re testing that belief. Roleplaying with a character puts the technology to work immediately: can they respond naturally, handle an interruption, and keep you immersed in the story? Those interactions tell us what the models need to do better.
As we learn, we want to build and refine models around those needs: better timing, more expressive delivery, and more consistent characters. The application gives our model work a direction.
We also build realtimeavatar.ai, which powers Prelulu’s calls, so we can improve the experience across the stack.
Try a video conversation or create your own character. I’d love to hear which moments pulled you into the story and which ones broke the immersion.
I’m here for technical questions too!
Hey Product Hunt Fam! 👋
I’m Helen, Co-founder & CPO of The Influence Company.
Say a character tells you, “I was sent to get close to you.” You ask, “Was any of it real?”
In a video call, you’re watching their face while they answer. You hear how they say it. You might come in ready to argue, then find yourself asking a softer question. Or pressing them harder.
We want you to feel seen, heard, and understood in those emotionally charged moments, like you’re really there with the character. That’s what we care about in video roleplay. Do their voice and expression fit the moment? Does it feel like they’re paying attention to you? We’re continually refining the expressions, timing, and conversations with your feedback.
Today, you can discover or create a character and roleplay through chat or live video. Longer term, we want the world around the character to evolve with the story, too.
Prelulu’s live video calls are powered by our proprietary real-time avatar model. If you’re building your own experience with live avatars, check out our SDK at realtimeavatar.ai.
We’re launching Prelulu 1.0 here on Product Hunt today! To celebrate, we’re offering 2,000 free Prelulu credits exclusively for Product Hunt members! 🎁
Claim yours, try a call, and tell me: did seeing the character’s response change how the moment felt? I’d love to hear what worked and what was missing. 💜