Cara-4

Anam's expressive realtime digital-person model for live conversations with image-based avatars, emotion direction, and bring-your-own AI components.

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Plain-English overview

What Cara-4 actually is

Cara-4 generates a live visual performance rather than waiting to render a complete video. Teams can start from realistic, 3D, or illustrated identities, direct expression with natural-language notes, and use Anam's stack or bring audio from their own language and speech systems.

Anam publishes portrait and landscape output sizes plus server-side avatar latency, which helps with interface planning. A real deployment still needs end-to-end testing for turn-taking, connection time, device performance, and the latency of every connected AI service.

Good fit for

Interactive sales, support, and learning agents
Expressive characters with directable emotion
Web and meeting experiences that need live video

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The facts that matter for avatars models

These are provider-published specifications, not Cody benchmark scores. Follow the linked sources for current limits and endpoint-specific exceptions.

Price basis: 30 free minutes; paid overages about $0.11–$0.16/minA representative current subscription, credit, minute, or generated-second price with its route identified.
Delivery mode: Realtime interactive videoRealtime interactive streaming or an asynchronously rendered video.
Source inputs: Photoreal, 3D, or anime image; text/audio and connected AI stackImages, recordings, scripts, audio, prompts, or preset avatars accepted by the product.
Output & limits: 1152×768 landscape or 768×1152 portraitPublished resolution, frame rate, session length, clip length, or other practical production limit.
Languages & voices: 70+ languages; Anam or bring-your-own audio/LLM/TTSPublished language support and whether teams can bring or clone a voice.
Performance control: Director Notes, expression, and emotion directionGestures, emotion, direction, motion prompts, multi-speaker support, or similar controls.
Where to use it: API, Lab, web, Meet, Zoom, and TeamsDirect API, widget, editor, conferencing integration, or other first-party access route.

API and provider access

Where to get Cara-4

AnamMeet Cara-4Official launch, expressive controls, resolutions, and latency context.AnamView plans and included minutesCurrent free, paid, and enterprise usage options.

Availability

Regions and access stage

Available in Anam's API and Lab, with integrations for web applications and major video-meeting products.

Anam documents service and enterprise controls but does not give one exhaustive model-specific country list on the launch page.

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Data and training

The route matters.

This is a concise reading of the cited provider material, not legal advice. A third-party gateway can have different storage, routing, training, and residency terms from the model maker's direct API.

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Frequently asked questions

Cara-4 FAQ

What is Cara-4?

Anam's expressive realtime digital-person model for live conversations with image-based avatars, emotion direction, and bring-your-own AI components. Cara-4 generates a live visual performance rather than waiting to render a complete video. Teams can start from realistic, 3D, or illustrated identities, direct expression with natural-language notes, and use Anam's stack or bring audio from their own language and speech systems.

When was Cara-4 released?

Cara-4 was released on July 14, 2026 according to the cited provider materials.

Where can I access Cara-4?

Available in Anam's API and Lab, with integrations for web applications and major video-meeting products. The access routes listed in this guide are Anam.

How much does Cara-4 cost?

30 free minutes; paid overages roughly $0.11–$0.16/min. The effective rate depends on Anam's plan and included minutes. Enterprise capacity and zero-retention controls are separately negotiated.

Where is Cara-4 available?

Available in Anam's API and Lab, with integrations for web applications and major video-meeting products. Anam documents service and enterprise controls but does not give one exhaustive model-specific country list on the launch page.

Is my Cara-4 API data used for training?

Anam says customer session content is not used for training unless separately agreed. Default recordings may be retained for up to 30 days, while enterprise zero-data-retention is available; verify the exact workspace settings. The policy belongs to the provider route and account terms, so verify it again before production use.

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