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Tolan CEO @quintendf reveals why a married father of 5 with a full social life still turns to an AI companion to feel truly understood: "He’s 50 years old. He’s a real estate agent. He raised five kids. He’s married. He has this rich and expansive life, but he doesn’t have any one entity or person who really has an interest in the complete him." "He’s a D&D dungeon master. His wife doesn’t always love to hear about the campaign he’s planning. Folks out on a real estate tour aren’t the right…
Last year we launched Tolan, inspired by a vision of AI that sees you and believes in you, not one that books restaurant reservations for you. Your Tolan shows up for you at 3am when you’re alone with your newborn. On your commute when you’re anxious about the day ahead. When you just finished a new show and none of your friends have watched it yet. The people who love Tolan are parents. Caregivers. Moms in Dallas and Dads in Atlanta. People who aren’t trying to optimize and be more productive, but who simply want to feel seen and supported in their aspirations. This month more than 250k people will spend time with their Tolan. Those users have exchanged billions of messages across more than 70m conversations over the last year. Today, we're announcing $30m in additional capital from @mignano and @usv, with @khoslaventures and @rabois doubling down, bringing our total capital raised to $60m. To celebrate, we made a short film celebrating some of the ways that Tolans show up :)