{"id":45674,"date":"2026-08-15T02:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45674"},"modified":"2026-08-15T02:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:15:51","slug":"onlyfans-investor-says-ai-cant-disrupt-adult-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45674","title":{"rendered":"OnlyFans investor says AI can&#8217;t &#8216;disrupt&#8217; adult creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p>A minority investor in adult creator platform <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/onlyfans\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">OnlyFans<\/a> just said in an interview that it&#8217;s &#8220;probably the least-likely platform to be disrupted by AI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/onlyfans-owner-leonid-radvinsky-dies\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky&#8217;s death in March<\/a>, investment firm <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/digital\/news\/onlyfans-valuation-3-15-billion-sale-stake-architect-capital-1236741700\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Architect Capital bought a minority stake<\/a> (16 percent) in the company in May for $535 million, <em>Variety <\/em>reported. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1IVOduebhmc\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">interview<\/a> with <em>The Information<\/em>&#8216;s editor-in-chief Jessica Lessin posted this week, Architect Capital founder James Sagan said that people pay OnlyFans creators for connection, not content quality. (Lessin shared that her husband, Sam Lessin, was a co-investor alongside Sagan in the OnlyFans deal.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/life\/onlyfans-star-sophie-rain-interview-advice\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">OnlyFans star Sophie Rain dreams of homesteading<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;People are not coming to OnlyFans for the quality of the content, which AI might be able to faithfully replicate, but in fact for human connection,&#8221; Sagan said. He invoked the loneliness epidemic and said, &#8220;This is the only place on the internet where you can authentically communicate with a human. And that&#8217;s why people pay for this content.&#8221; <\/p>\n<section>\n<section class=\"relative p-6 md:p-8 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl border-2 md:pt-10 md:pb-10 border-secondary-300 accent-cut-2 accent-cut-border-2&#10;&#10;        mt-12 md:mt-16&#10;&#10;        \" data-ga-module=\"offer-group\" data-ga-element=\"offer-group\" data-commerce-block=\"\">\n<p>Hookup apps for everyone<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-base font-sans !leading-5 md:!leading-none mt-0\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.mashable.com\/v1\/otc\/03bCs1jQxEftXGkZ7A6Km1e?merchant=03vbrF3dt0eHolWvTfpJFy4&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fadultfriendfinder.com%2F&amp;template=article&amp;module=offer-group&amp;element=offer-group&amp;item=offer-title&amp;position=1&amp;element_label=AdultFriendFinder&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fonlyfans-investor-james-sagan-ai-cant-disrupt-creators&amp;group_uuid=06PfgJzmas37I1KxqZcmq3N&amp;product_uuid=0785xyRmCGmZr9jOKTCrb47&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=06TdCG9p3whBwM4Fma2Hp36\" data-commerce=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored\" data-parent-group=\"affiliate-link\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-element=\"offer-group\" data-ga-action=\"offer-title\" data-ga-item=\"offer-title\" data-ga-label=\"AdultFriendFinder\" data-ga-position=\"1\" data-ga-module=\"offer-group\" style=\";\" class=\"roundup-offer-link\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"\" data-ga-click=\"\">AdultFriendFinder<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n                                             \u2014<br \/>\n                    <strong>readers\u2019 pick for casual connections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-base font-sans !leading-5 md:!leading-none mt-4\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.mashable.com\/v1\/otc\/03bCs1jQxEftXGkZ7A6Km1e?merchant=042gDENelxmeb6yAh5SuxS0&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.money.com%2Fpr%2Fs25205135e63&amp;template=article&amp;module=offer-group&amp;element=offer-group&amp;item=offer-title&amp;position=2&amp;element_label=Tinder&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fonlyfans-investor-james-sagan-ai-cant-disrupt-creators&amp;group_uuid=06PfgJzmas37I1KxqZcmq3N&amp;product_uuid=05s8DoZEeORPCFUsPF8yGg0&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=06TdCG9p3whBwM4Fma2Hp36\" data-commerce=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored\" data-parent-group=\"affiliate-link\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-element=\"offer-group\" data-ga-action=\"offer-title\" data-ga-item=\"offer-title\" data-ga-label=\"Tinder\" data-ga-position=\"2\" data-ga-module=\"offer-group\" style=\";\" class=\"roundup-offer-link\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"\" data-ga-click=\"\">Tinder<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n                                             \u2014<br \/>\n                    <strong>top pick for finding hookups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-base font-sans !leading-5 md:!leading-none mt-4\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.mashable.com\/v1\/otc\/03bCs1jQxEftXGkZ7A6Km1e?merchant=07mPN5vpLDMQbGwckjsU885&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.money.com%2Fpr%2Fvdf634353f62&amp;template=article&amp;module=offer-group&amp;element=offer-group&amp;item=offer-title&amp;position=3&amp;element_label=Hinge&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fonlyfans-investor-james-sagan-ai-cant-disrupt-creators&amp;group_uuid=06PfgJzmas37I1KxqZcmq3N&amp;product_uuid=07wpyCYVWeKD1xbKGgyV5pM&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=06TdCG9p3whBwM4Fma2Hp36\" data-commerce=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored\" data-parent-group=\"affiliate-link\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-element=\"offer-group\" data-ga-action=\"offer-title\" data-ga-item=\"offer-title\" data-ga-label=\"Hinge\" data-ga-position=\"3\" data-ga-module=\"offer-group\" style=\";\" class=\"roundup-offer-link\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"\" data-ga-click=\"\">Hinge<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n                                             \u2014<br \/>\n                    <strong>popular choice for regular meetups<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>\n                    Products available for purchase through affiliate links. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission.\n                <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&#8220;People pay upon the dimension of authenticity.&#8221; Most creator revenue comes from messages between creators and fans, not generic pictures, he said. When Mashable has viewed earnings of OnlyFans creators, messaging is typically the highest line on the invoice. But some creators&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/onlyfans-operator-dismissed-from-chatter-scam-class-action\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">use of &#8220;chatters&#8221;<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cq571g9gd4lo\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">message fans<\/a> has been well-documented online. In Dec. 2025, a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/court-throws-explosive-onlyfans-lawsuit-181531018.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">dismissed a class action lawsuit<\/a> about OnlyFans chatter &#8220;scams.&#8221; Subscribers filed it, claiming they&#8217;d been misled into thinking they were talking to the actual creator.<\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter({ isDeal: false })\" x-init=\"init()\" aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Trend Report<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&#8220;We will never use AI in any capacity to disrupt creators,&#8221; Sagan said, &#8220;and they&#8217;re not disruptable anyways.&#8221; He did say AI will benefit the platform only to &#8220;empower&#8221; creators, though he didn&#8217;t want to get into specifics. He did mention LLMs and how they&#8217;re useful in capturing personality, but when Lessin pushed him \u2014 isn&#8217;t that a bot? \u2014 he said that AI would be useful tools but not to disintermediate the creators or automate chats.<\/p>\n<p>Creators are already way ahead of this. Mashable reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/sex-workers-cloning-ai\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">sex workers are &#8220;cloning&#8221; themselves<\/a> with AI to make sexy chatbots in 2023, and a 2024 survey found that most <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/most-adult-creators-use-ai-in-their-work-new-data-says\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">adult creators were already using AI<\/a> in their work.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that OnlyFans would only build tools to &#8220;empower&#8221; creators, &#8220;to help them make more money and help them scale their authentic brand.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a world in which you have a lot of AI slop, in a world in which everything is AI-generated, the scarce asset is authenticity, the scarce asset is human connection, and I think that will be more and more important on a forward-looking basis,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sagan and Lessin discussed more in the wide-ranging interview. Back in Feb., when rumors swirled that <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/onlyfans-might-sell-60-percent-to-investment-firm-architect-capital\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Architect Capital would buy a majority stake in OnlyFans<\/a>, the firm also discussed the company going public. Sagan discussed this again now, that there&#8217;s a &#8220;world in which we could go public.&#8221; He also discussed the destigmatization of the platform, due to cultural moments like the recent TV show <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/margos-got-money-troubles-review\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><em>Margo&#8217;s Got Money Troubles<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A minority investor in adult creator platform OnlyFans just said in an interview that it&#8217;s &#8220;probably the least-likely platform to be disrupted by AI.&#8221; Following OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky&#8217;s death in March, investment firm Architect Capital bought a minority stake (16 percent) in the company in May for $535 million, Variety reported. 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