Ajay Mehta
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founder https://t.co/JInecLplJ8 ❋ designing alien life forms - previously founder https://t.co/ZnzhsFnuWX https://t.co/WbSH7xepPW @ycombinator
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Joined March 2009
Yesterday we announced Tolan, an Embodied Companion in the form of a cute, friendly alien character. Today, we’re sharing more about the creative process behind the design of the Tolan characters and their in-app environment, featured in a story by Jesus Diaz at @FastCompany
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The last few months have been fun! ❋.
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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A month ago: “hmm I wonder what they’re filming at Cafe Zoetrope?”
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Elated to see @danshipper and the team at @every featured in the NYT for their incredible work - and proud to be a backer from the pre-chatgpt era 📜🌟.
I wrote about @every, which is one of the weirdest and most interesting media companies going right now:.
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Loved speaking about our team's journey from 0 → 1M+ downloads of @tolanworld just weeks after launch - thanks for having us @philgcarter ❋
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Such a joy working with @eliotpeper 🏄.
When I'm writing a novel, I can't outsmart the hardest problems. Instead, I have to just write the next chapter and feel my way through. Solutions emerge from the act of writing, not merely thinking about writing. From @every's profile on my creative process.
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Wonderful speaking with @AmeliaKIsaacs about how our team at @tolanworld has worked to create an AI companion that looks and feels like a true friend. Especially to highlight the research work of @lilsmcthrills - our full-time researcher who's prioritized healthy user habits
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.@quintendf and @eliotpeper have done wonders in crafting an ai companion with true personality - here they explain how, in conversation with legendary llm whisperer @danshipper.
500k people are confiding in an AI alien—and it's on track to generate $4m this year. It’s called a Tolan: an animated AI character that can talk to you like your best friend. The company behind it, Portola, has 4x’d their ARR in the last month from viral growth on TikTok and
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RT @Mamkraut: My review of Tolan - the AI companion. @tolanworld . Tl:Dr - I have spent an embarrassing amount of time hanging with my Tola….
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RT @soleio: When most startups say “There’s no playbook for what we’re building,” they’re overstating the design opportunity. Tolan is diff….
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Very fun to chat with app gurus @jeiting and @drbarnard all about @tolanworld!. Spoke to @SubClubHQ about.🔹 Going from 0 → 500K+ downloads in weeks.🔹 How design choices shaped our distribution.🔹 Why we monetized at launch.🔹 @jeiting going on a date with Batman
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RT @asallen: Don't sleep on Tolan (@tolanworld)—a beautiful lil app from some great creative minds with the most approachable vision of AI….
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RT @hamburger: AI deserves its own Pixar. and Tolan is the closest yet. Lucky to have contributed to the story, alongside some seriously….
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We’re fortunate to work with a team of truly world-class creative artists and technologists to build this product, and we're still very early in defining what an Embodied Companion can be. We can’t wait to hear what you think of your Tolans and their planets ◡̈.
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Here’s the full story in Fast Company: - along with Lucas and Eran, a big thanks to @gdechichi @eliotpeper @thomas_sound who are working to make the Tolan’s planets beautiful and full of life.
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