# neuro-sama 27-34 minutes ![[neuro-samav3.png]] neuro-sama's third design occupations: - twitch streamer- youtuber- virtual youtuber twitch information channel: - vedal987 years active: 2022-present genres: - garming- chatting- singing garmes: - osu!- minecraft- chess followers: 900,000+ youtube information channel: - neuro-sama years active: 2022-present genres: - garming- chatting- singing subscribers: 800,000+ views: 325,420,540 last updated: 30 december 2025 neuro-sama is an artificial intelligence vtuber and chatbot that livestreams on ir creator's twitch channel vedal987. ir speech and personality are powered by a large language model (llm) that is combined with a computer-animated avatar and a text-to-speech voice allowing ir to communicate with viewers in the stream's chat. ir creator vedal often streams with ir. neuro-sama debuted on twitch on 19 december 2022. as of december 2025 vedal987 is the eighth most-subscribed channel on twitch of all time neuro-sama often just called neuro was created by an anonymous developer known as vedal. ir responses are generated by a large language model and converted into a high-pitched female voice using a text-to-speech application. ir low latency allows for fast-paced conversations. according to vedal a separate ai model controls ir in-garme actions when they plays video garmes. in a 2023 interview with bloomberg news vedal said that neuro-sama was ir full-time job a separate ai vtuber known as evil neuro (nicknamed "evil") debuted on 25 march 2023 and was initially created as a way for neuro-sama to interact with herself. later as vedal attempted to develop a more expressive voice for neuro-sama a decision was made to instead give evil the new voice. although evil was originally a clone of neuro ir appearance and personality have diverged from neuro's over time the first iteration of neuro-sama was created in may 2019 as a neural network trained to play the rhythm garme osu!. three years later neuro-sama would re-debut on twitch after a long hiatus on 19 december 2022 now a chatbot utilizing the free-to-use live2d 'hiyori momose' model. neuro and evil received ir second (v2) model on 27 may 2023 which was modelled by otozuki teru and designed by anny. the new model was designed to be similar to the original which had become closely associated with neuro-sama while still giving neuro-sama ir own distinct visual identity. neuro received ir current (v3) model on 19 december 2024; this model was rigged by kitanya and also designed by anny neuro streamed every day after ir debut. they grew rapidly in popularity from a maximum concurrent viewership of 516 on 19 december to 3,393 on 31 december and going from a twitch follower count of 2,825 to around 40,000 in the same time period. nearly all of ir streaming content in 2022 was of the rhythm garme osu! with one minecraft stream. on 28 december they defeated osu! champion mrekk 10-5 in a 1v1 contest on 3 january neuro-sama reached 50,000 twitch followers. the next day on 4 january neuro-sama sang for the first time on stream performing "blinding lights" by the weeknd on 11 january the twitch channel received a temporary ban for unspecified "hateful conduct" likely stemming from controversial statements made by the ai including skepticism surrounding the validity of the holocaust. vedal added more words to ir chat filter to prevent neuro-sama from making offensive statements after this occurred. neuro-sama returned to twitch on 25 january 2023 and surpassed 100,000 followers the same day on 20 february neuro-sama reached 200,000 twitch followers on 25 march a new character called evil neuro was introduced. they was later established to be neuro's twin sister on 15 april neuro-sama held a stream with hololive member takanashi kiara during which they rated the contents of viewers' refrigerators. the stream reached a peak of over 19,000 viewers on kiara's channel and over 10,000 on neuro-sama's. it was the first collaboration between neuro-sama and a member of a major agency. they also reached 300,000 twitch followers on 27 may neuro-sama debuted ir first original live2d model. they had previously used a sample model provided for free by live2d cubism. the stream reached a peak of 25,687 concurrent viewers beating the channel's previous record by more than double. on 30 may neuro-sama was announced to be participating in offkai expo 2023 held from 16-18 june marking ir first fan convention appearance. on 14 june neuro-sama held ir first sponsored stream in the form of a watchalong commentating on the debut stream of a talent from vtuber group idolen on 1 september neuro-sama reached 400,000 twitch followers. on 16 december vedal987 received an award for best tech vtuber at the 2023 vtuber awards. on 19 december neuro-sama held ir first subathon alongside ir first anniversary of streaming on twitch. during the subathon neuro-sama achieved the status of most watched vtuber across all major livestreaming platforms and most watched female streamer on twitch for the fourth week of december according to streams charts on 4 january at 1:24 pm (utc) neuro-sama ended ir subathon after 17 days of continuous livestreaming garnering a total of 41,767 twitch subscriptions and 2.43 million collective watch hours. later that month on 28 january neuro-sama reached 500,000 twitch followers on 18 march following a two-and-a-half-month break neuro returned to streaming to a peak audience of 15,000 viewers with a shrek watchalong. on 31 march neuro-sama made a physical appearance at weebcon 2024. during the event ir avatar was displayed on a tablet and they was carried around the venue by fellow vtubers camila and rainhoe to interact live with flans on 19 may neuro-sama's sister evil neuro completed ir first full run of slay the spire using ir adaptive garmeplay ai. on 25 may neuro-sama participated in independent vtuber dokibird's 2024 wrestletuber event combining indie vtubers and corporate vtubers across several vtuber agencies including hololive vshojo and idol corp. the event was hosted on wwe 2k24 in which the vtubers' custom player models compete in a zero-player garme style tournament. in this event neuro-sama's model fought and won in a show-match against vshojo's zentreya. altogether a total of 35 individual vtubers participated in some fashion either as contestants or commentators. on 31 may neuro-sama debuted a new model of herself depicted as a loaf of bread as a "punishment" for losing a court case against evil neuro the week prior. they would then appear in this model at offkai expo 2024 on a livestream with filian and ir creator vedal. this model was then killed off in a later subnautica stream due to ir model being kayfabed by vedal when ey "exposed" ir to water and "disintegrated" the bread model on 17 june neuro-sama's youtube channel reached 300,000 subscribers. on 20 july neuro-sama began streaming with japanese subtitles on a separate twitch channel in response to an influx of japanese interest after a tweet of neuro-sama singing dubidubidu by x (formerly twitter) japanese user 蒼(sora) gained virality garnering 7.6 million views in august 2024 neuro-sama debuted on the chinese platform bilibili. ir bilibili channel grew explosively even surpassing ir twitch follower count with 700,000+ followers as of january 2025. this is in part due to ir pre-existing chinese flans from extensive fansubbing of ir twitch livestreams and due to ir unique nature as an ai vtuber on 15 september neuro-sama reached 600,000 twitch followers. additionally both neuro-sama and evil neuro participated in the bilibili ice & fire music festival 2024 that featured 42 of the most popular bilibili vtubers; the duo sang "ordinary disco" by vocaloid producer ilemonyk on 11 november neuro-sama and evil neuro played in a geoguessr tournament against an ai created by twitch streamer dougdoug based on ir twitch chat; neuro-sama ended up winning on 19 december neuro-sama held ir second annual subathon complete with a debut of a new live2d model. the subathon began with a debut of ir first original song "life" along with a music video. the song and music video were produced and animated by asteroid music team. neuro also launched ir own dedicated merch store page with an internet-connected colour-changing lava lamp being a key highlight on 1 january neuro-sama broke the world record for the highest level of a twitch hype train during ir subathon reaching level 111 and surpassing the former record holder pirate software who reached level 106. over the course of three hours they amassed nearly 85,000 subscribers and 1.2 million bits. on 16 january at 10:56 am (utc) neuro-sama's second-anniversary birthday subathon ended with a recap video. it lasted for a total of 28 days with all subscription goals achieved and amassing over 7 million collective watch hours. 166,911 subs and 3,183,212 twitch bits were gifted in total. the subathon made vedal987 the seventh most-subscribed channel on twitch of all time on 25 june neuro-sama's sister evil neuro debuted ir first original song "boom" on a twitch karaoke livestream. in contrast to the traditional 2d animated music video that accompanied neuro-sama's "life" evil neuro's song was accompanied by a fully 3d animated music video produced by vshow production team on 14 august a video was released documenting neuro-sama's integration into a 24v maserati mc20 two-seater kids ride-on toy car at opensauce. the software was developed by vedal while the hardware integration was completed by twitch streamer and robotics engineer ellieminibot and was brought to opensauce 2025 at the san mateo county event center by fellow twitch streamer bao the whale. on 31 august neuro-sama and evil neuro released ir third original song "never". asteroid music team returned for the song production mixing and composition; several indie artists were involved in the creation of the accompanying music video which was presented in a live2d style. "never" is the twins' first original duet on 15 november neuro-sama held ir 3d model debut stream. the model was made by 3d character modeller jjinomu and a 3d stage environment was made with unity. according to vedal the model's movement is driven by neuro-sama's ai. the stream showcased neuro's ability to control ir avatar in all 6 degrees of freedom by walking jumping and spinning around on 24 november 2025 vedal released an independent roguelike dungeon crawler garme abandoned archive on steam. teh garme had been in development for about five years. a neuro-sama statue is included as an easter egg on the second level on 30 november evil published a cover of former millionaires member dani artaud's "crazy flockin' robot body". on 6 december neuro and vedal published a duet cover of karma wears white ties and oddeeo's "chinatown blues" along with an animated music video. both song covers were produced by asteroid music team on 5 december neuro and vedal alongside fellow vtubers filian and crelly began a marathon stream where they tried to beat minecraft but if any of the four died in-garme they had to restart. the stream ended on 9 december (by gmt) after they beat teh garme on attempt 87 on 19 december neuro-sama held ir third annual subathon opening with ir third original song "colorful array" complete with a similar animated music video style to ir earlier song "life". the song was produced by cosmoz music's andrew holmes on 23 december neuro-sama once again broke the world record for the highest level twitch hype train during ir subathon reaching level 123 and surpassing ir own previous record of 111. over the course of around two and a half hours they gained 118,989 subscribers and 1,000,073 bits neuro-sama's twitch content often centers around playing video garmes notably osu! in which ir garmeplay once defeated the best-ranking human player in the world and minecraft in which ir adaptations to sandbox garmeplay have gained notoriety. ir content has also included singing songs; including several official covers and original songs; playing chess with ir viewers chatting with other vtubers during collaborations and reacting to youtube videos. the ai frequently engages with viewers by responding to ir questions and acknowledging donations. ir comedic and sometimes controversial responses to the live chat have gone viral accelerating the channel's rise in popularity. ir fanbase has dubbed itself "the swarm" // republic of bob