Who is behind Replika: Luka of San Francisco

Replika is one of the best-documented services in the niche: company, address, law and terms date are printed in the text, and the terms are translated into six languages.

Checked (methodology). This site is not affiliated with Replika or HoneyChat; 18+ content.

Quick answers

Who owns Replika?

Luka, Inc., a Delaware corporation with an office in San Francisco.

When did Replika launch?

The domain dates from 2004; the service calls itself the first AI companion “ten years ago”.

Contents
  1. Quick answers
  2. Details and documents
  3. What gives pause

Details and documents

ItemDataSource
Legal entityLuka, Inc., a Delaware corporationterms, preamble
Office490 Post Street, Suite 526, San Francisco, CA 94102, USAterms
LawCalifornia; disputes by arbitration, San Francisco courtsterms, 13.4
Terms revision30 March 2026terms
Terms languagesEN, ES, FR, PT, IT, DEterms page
Domainreplika.com since 29 February 2004RDAP
Claims42,160,934 users; “the world's first AI companion ten years ago”home page
Agestrictly 18+terms, 6.4

What gives pause

The terms carry a medical disclaimer: the service is “designed to improve your mood and emotional wellbeing” but “not… medical care”. Sales are final, disputes go to arbitration. Pricing and refunds.

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Sources: the official Replika pages (replika.com) as of ; the full list of claims with links is on the Methodology and sources page. Links to HoneyChat are affiliate links.

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