Bitpart AI

Bitpart AI develops an end-to-end AI engine for creating game worlds populated by non-player characters that interact with objects, converse with players, and converse with each other. Non-engineers author content in the company's web-based Coppola authoring tool, using a simple UI with typed input and dropdowns, and the resulting characters are driven at runtime by Bitpart's multi-agent AI Director. The stated aim is to let designers, writers, and animators move from idea to in-game playtesting in minutes rather than requiring programmer involvement or multi-year production cycles. Optional AI assistance can import human-authored text scripts or generate rough-draft content from prompts, and the company publishes an authoring curriculum under the name Bitpart University.

The product ships as a Bitpart SDK for Unreal Engine 5, distributed via Fab, which integrates the AI Director with Unreal features including MetaHumans, Navmesh, Behavior Trees, Gameplay Abilities, Smart Objects, and Level Streaming. The underlying Aesop C++ library is engine-agnostic, and the company describes the solution as cross-platform. Bitpart also supplies a growing library of Archetypes — instanced characters such as soldiers, villagers, waiters, bartenders, sheriffs, bandits, bank robbers, and clerks that arrive pre-built with behaviors, dialogue, animations, and placeholder props, and can be customized or created from scratch in Coppola. The company has described building a Character Hub where creators can browse, customize, and share NPCs and refine their dialogue, moods, and personality traits.

Founding story

Co-founders Dr. Jeff Orkin (CEO) and Sarah Rudzki (CPO) had been building AI products together across three startups over twelve years before Bitpart. Orkin developed the AI for F.E.A.R., which won industry awards for best AI and introduced Goal Oriented Action Planning, later replicated by more than 25 studios, and subsequently earned a PhD in game AI from the MIT Media Lab. Rudzki is a product leader with degrees in theater who has directed and produced productions internationally.

Business model

B2B SaaS aimed at game studios and developers, distributing an SDK and web-based authoring tools plus a library of ready-made character Archetypes; the website offers a free way to get started, and the Unreal 5 SDK is distributed through Epic's Fab marketplace.

Traction

The team is described as game industry veterans and AI experts with over 75 years of combined game development experience, having contributed to game engines, middleware, and more than 40 shipped video game titles in prior roles. The Unreal 5 SDK is publicly available on Fab and a library of Archetypes is described as growing.

Latest developments

Bitpart AI filed a notice of an exempt offering of securities with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $5,370,000, with proceeds described as supporting company expansion and accelerated product development. The company has also described building a Character Hub for browsing, customizing, and sharing NPCs.