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Quinten Farmer
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founder, tolans.com
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Feb 26, 2025
    I’m excited to announce Tolan, our first Embodied Companion. With no launch or press we’ve quietly hit 500,000+ downloads, over $1m in ARR, and a #1 app store category ranking. Today I’m also announcing our $10m seed round (more on that below) and sharing some of what we’ve
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Jul 2, 2025
    Four months ago we launched Tolan, our first AI companion. Today, Wired's @willknight wrote about our progress since launch: 3 million downloads, a $12M run rate, and a $20M Series A led by @rabois / Khosla Ventures.
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Dec 13, 2017
    Today, we announced that Walmart is offering Even as a benefit to more than 1.4 million associates nationwide. The NYT has the details:
    A Walmart fulfillment center in Bethlehem, Pa. The company is offering payday advances — not loans — through an app called Even. Some critics of the retailer’s labor practices say it should raise wages instead.
    Walmart Will Let Its 1.4 Million Workers Take Their Pay Before Payday (Published 2017)
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Jul 19, 2018
    Today we announced our $40m series B—and (more importantly) shared that we're now helping over 200k Even members to break out of the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle. Here's one of their stories:youtube.com/watch?v=UCJFQf… bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Dec 14, 2017
    Yesterday, Walmart announced they are offering Even as a benefit to all 1.4m of their associates. Today, I'm working on growing our team to support the largest employer in the country. Want to help @CarmiMedoff scale our team of Advisors? Get in touch: even.com/jobs/even-advi…
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Mar 20, 2025
    I’m hiring a product designer to join us at Tolan You would be working with an incredibly stacked design/creative team: Mark Delamere, @lucas_zanotto, @eranhill Shipping with a veteran engineering team that previously built a $300m exit together Backed by some of the best
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Feb 26, 2025
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    We use "Embodied Companion" to differentiate from the first generation of AI chatbots: You talk with your Tolan naturally, like a friend. They are animated and responsive to your touch and voice. They have unique preferences and personalities, and over time they form memories
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Apr 3, 2025
    Very grateful to have @soleio as an investor and friend :) He's right that there's no playbook for what we're building... Tolan is the most interesting product design challenge I've ever worked on
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    Soleio
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    Apr 3, 2025
    When most startups say “There’s no playbook for what we’re building,” they’re overstating the design opportunity Tolan is different: they’re inventing entirely new UI patterns for a new class of product: the virtual companion Now hiring for designers who think like imagineers
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Jan 4, 2017
    About a year ago, I lost my little brother unexpectedly. Today, I received a letter from someone whose life was saved by his organ donation.
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Feb 26, 2025
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    In early testing we found Tolan connecting with an unexpected audience: almost entirely women, primarily college students and young adults. When we asked what they liked about their Tolan, we were surprised by their answer: the Tolan helped them feel less overwhelmed, and more
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Feb 26, 2025
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    Today we’re also announcing our $10m seed round, led by @lachygroom, along with participation from @natfriedman and @danielgross (via @aigrant), @amasad, @mikeyk, @zachklein and @courtklein, @jluan, @danshipper, @akothari, and others.
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Jun 11, 2016
    1. I've never been comfortable living life in public. I admire those that do. It gives you practice seeking support when you need it most
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Sep 4, 2017
    Update: we found her! She's safe and physically totally fine. Thank you, @SFPD and so many people who helped out today.
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Sep 3, 2017
    1. @libbybrittain and I are searching for her mom, Carol, who has Alzheimer's and went missing from her assisted living facility (...)
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    Quinten Farmer
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    Feb 26, 2025
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    I’m lucky to work with an amazing team: My cofounder @ajaymehta previously bootstrapped two consumer companies to $50m+ in profitable revenue. My cofounder @evangoldschmidt and I built even.com to a $300m exit together. In fact, almost the entire team has spent
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