Changelog

Recent Launches

Everything new at Cast — features, improvements, and milestones as we build the future of AI casting.

Mobile Overhaul, Cast Picks, and Smarter Character Creation

End-to-end mobile responsiveness, a new Featured Characters strip, 4K asset labeling, and improved character creation with professional styling and accurate preview selection.

  • Full mobile responsiveness — hero banner, marketplace grid, character modal, filter drawer, and create flow all optimized for mobile
  • Cast Picks — featured characters highlighted in a dedicated strip above the roster
  • Marketplace freshness — characters now sorted by recency with "Added Xd ago" indicators
  • Mobile favorites — heart button always visible on touch devices
  • 4K resolution labeling on reference sheets and 2K on profile photos in the download step
  • Professional character styling — AI-generated characters now default to polished, smart-casual attire
  • Preview selection fix — choosing a specific re-rolled preview now correctly uses that image for the final profile and reference sheet
  • Rebranded credit line from cast.ai to castability.ai

Custom Character Creator, Studio-Grade Portraits, and Contact Page

Create your own AI characters from scratch with our new character creator. We also upgraded our profile photo engine for consistent studio-quality portraits and added a contact page.

  • New "Create" flow — describe any character and generate a photorealistic AI profile and reference sheet in minutes
  • Studio-grade profile photos — new prompt engine produces consistent warm-gray studio backdrops across all characters
  • Credit-based purchasing — buy character generation credits via Stripe checkout
  • Contact page — reach us anytime at admin@castability.ai
  • Randomized attribute suggestions make character creation faster and more inspiring

SEO Overhaul, Faster Loading, and 60 New Characters

Major performance and discoverability update — individual character pages with rich metadata, lazy-loaded images, skeleton loading states, and a massive roster expansion.

  • 60 new AI characters added to the talent roster via bulk import
  • Individual character pages with unique URLs, Open Graph tags, and structured data for search engines
  • Lazy loading and on-the-fly image thumbnails for dramatically faster page loads
  • Skeleton loading states so the marketplace feels instant
  • Sitemap and canonical URLs for better Google indexing
  • AI-friendly llms.txt file for AI search engine discovery

AI Character Reference Sheets and Kie.ai Integration

Characters now come with professional 8-panel reference sheets for AI video production. Powered by our new Kie.ai integration with fal.ai fallback.

  • 8-panel character reference sheets — front, side, back, and close-up views for every character
  • Kie.ai (Nano Banana 2) as primary image generation engine with fal.ai fallback
  • Image-to-image generation ensures reference sheets match the profile photo exactly
  • Admin dashboard improvements for character management

Cast Launch — AI Character Casting Agency Goes Live

The world's first AI character casting agency is live. Browse, filter, and license photorealistic AI-generated characters for film and video production.

  • Curated roster of AI-generated characters with realistic, anime, and stylized options
  • Advanced filtering by age, ethnicity, build, height, and style
  • Three-tier licensing — Single Project, Studio License, and Exclusive Rights
  • Stripe-powered checkout with instant license delivery
  • Mobile-responsive design with light theme and cinematic feel