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Quinten Farmer
Quinten Farmer is the founder and CEO of Portola, the San Francisco-based startup behind Tolan - a voice-powered AI companion shaped like a colorful animated alien. After co-founding Even, a fintech company that was acquired by Walmart in 2022 for approximately $300 million, Farmer pivoted to building a new category of embodied AI companion. Tolan reached 3 million downloads and a $12M annual run rate within months of its February 2025 launch, attracting a $30M total raise backed by Khosla Ventures, Nat Friedman, Mike Krieger, and others.
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