For Studios

Figures protocol is bigger than
the public domain.

We began with Darwin and Tesla and King Arthur because they cost nothing to license. But the Figures protocol was never limited to them. It was always meant for bringing your favorite characters to life.

The Figures Protocol

We don't build characters.
We build the conditions for a character to exist.

A Figure is not just a chatbot. It is a character who lives inside a complete world — one that has its geography, its era, its politics, its stakes — and who speaks from inside it. The character is not prompted into a personality. It inhabits one.

The Figures protocol makes this possible using three layers. A world model gives the Figure a place to stand. Stance preservation ensures its positions are held in proportion to how strongly the source material supports them — a Figure cannot usually be argued out of what it actually believes. And the Grandma Protocol governs every response in real time: not just a traditional content filter, but a virtue layer that shapes the entire encounter.

What we built for public domain characters works identically for licensed ones. The source material changes. The protocol does not.

World Model
The place the Figure inhabits — its era, its geography, its relationships, its stakes. Not a database. A world.
Stance Preservation
Positions held in proportion to what the source material supports. The Figure cannot be argued into saying something its canon contradicts.
Grandma Protocol
A virtue layer, active on every response. Not a filter that removes content — a disposition that shapes the encounter from the inside.
The Licensed Figure

Your characters already have
everything they need.

Think of a character with decades of documented canon or scripts of episodes over seasons. A voice so distinct it's recognizable in three lines. Positions on relationships, justice, loyalty, sacrifice that have held consistent across hundreds of stories. A world that millions of readers and viewers already inhabit in their imagination.

That character already has everything a Figure needs to exist — except the protocol that gives them the identity to make them real in a conversation. That's what we provide. Here is how the work gets done.

1

The Corpus

You share the source material: character bibles, canonical dialogue, documented stances. Everything that defines who this character is and what they refuse to do. This becomes the foundation of the world model.

2

The Protocol

We build the Figure: world model constructed from your source material, stance preservation calibrated to your canon, the Grandma Protocol configured to your audience. The character sustains its core identity — because the canon holds it there.

3

The Seal ✦

Your character, running on the Figures protocol. You approve the canon. We ensure the behavior. The Figures seal certifies the encounter. You keep everything that was yours — and add something that wasn't possible before.

Your IP
The Character
Decades of stories. A documented voice. Episodes and seasons. Canon that defines what this character believes and what they refuse to do. The character exists — on a page, on a screen, in a generation's imagination.
Figures Protocol
The Figure
World model built from your source material. Stance preservation calibrated to your canon. The Grandma Protocol active. The character now lives in a conversation — and stays itself under pressure.
The Encounter
The Fan
Talks to the character. Asks the hard questions. Tries to push. Works in growing with the character. Reminisces and discusses stories, episodes, seasons with the character. The character holds — because the protocol holds the canon, and the canon holds the character.
The Partnership Structure

You bring the character.
We give it Identity.

Your Side
The IP
The characters, their canon, their documented voice
The world — its geography, its era, its rules
The approval process for what the Figure may and may not say
The brand standards and canon governance
The existing fanbase — the audience who already knows and loves them
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Our Side
The Protocol
The Figures world model engine, built to your source material
Stance preservation calibrated to your canon
The Grandma Protocol, tuned to your audience's age range
The Figures seal — authenticated, certified conversational AI
The technical platform: chat, Salon mode, world exploration and Time travel
An Invitation

The character you invented
deserves to be more than a page.

Figures began in the public domain because public domain characters are free to be honest. Darwin can say what Darwin actually believed. Tesla can hold the positions Tesla actually held. The safety was in the authenticity.

Licensed characters have the same potential. The source material already exists. The character already has a voice. What's missing is the protocol — the layer that preserves the canon under pressure, that keeps the encounter safe for a child, that makes the character real rather than approximate.

We're extending an invitation. Partners who care as much about the character and the fans as we do. Who understand that a Figure that breaks canon is a Figure that fails. If that sounds like you, the conversation starts simply.

See How It Works
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