Sentient Launches Perplexity Competitor, Waitlist Hits 1M in Under 24 Hours
Denver, Colorado, February 27th, 2025, Chainwire
Decentralized AI developer Sentient has announced the launch of Sentient Chat, a powerful consumer-friendly agentic chatbot akin to Perplexity. This is the first-ever chatbot with over 15 agents natively integrated. Going live on February 26, the app has already attracted significant interest, with more than 1M users signing up for early access within 24 hrs.
Sentient Chat debuted at the Open AGI Summit during ETH Denver, where it was presented to an audience of more than 1,500 crypto and AI developers. Its launch marks a significant entry into the consumer AI space, placing Sentient Chat alongside established chatbots from the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral AI.
Sentient Chat includes more than 15 AI agents, with four agents initially made available at launch. This will allow users to invoke specialized functions directly within the interface and experiment with automating tasks.
Other features incorporated into Sentient Chat include a real-time search function integrated with Dobby’s knowledge base and current internet data, providing up-to-date responses unbound by static training sets. This positions Sentient Chat as a viable alternative to tools like Perplexity or Google. The app employs a human-like conversational tone, as evidenced by evaluations from Confident AI which scored the Dobby model highly for natural dialogue compared to peers.
The Sentient Chat application is powered by Dobby, the world’s first community-owned AI model, which was released earlier this year to over 660,000 users through a record-breaking ownership mint. Holders of Dobby NFTs, tied to Sentient’s flagship Loyal AI model, will get priority in getting early access to Sentient Chat. The early access waitlist and raffle went live on 25th Feb.
The launch of Sentient Chat builds on Sentient’s earlier progress with Dobby, which introduced human-like conversation to AI models – a trend later mirrored by competitors, including xAI’s upcoming “unhinged” Grok update. Evaluations by Confident AI highlight Dobby’s ability to maintain performance while undergoing finetuning and leading in human-like engagement. Sentient Chat leverages these strengths to offer a unique chatbot experience that combines real-time capabilities with a responsive design that caters to Sentient’s community-centric ethos.
With its waitlist exceeding 1M and growing, Sentient Chat demonstrates that there is a clear demand for a chatbot that combines utility with user ownership. Its design ensures that the more the chatbot is utilized, the more benefits accrue to its community while extending the capabilities of what can be done with conversational AI.
About Sentient
Sentient is a decentralized AI platform dedicated to building community-owned, loyal AI models. Its flagship model, Dobby, launched in early 2025, empowers over 660,000 users with ownership and control, setting a new standard for alignment in AI development. Sentient Chat extends this mission, delivering practical, user-aligned AI solutions.
Learn more: https://sentient.foundation/
