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