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title: "Tolan, an AI assistant focused on users that are not tech-savvy, raised $30M from USV, Khosla Ventures, and Homebrew, and says 70% of its users are women (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/tolan-an-ai-assistant-focused-on-users-that-are-not-tech-savvy-raised-e8b41d3e
published: 2026-10-19T17:15:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Tolan, an AI assistant focused on users that are not tech-savvy, raised $30M from USV, Khosla Ventures, and Homebrew, and says 70% of its users are women (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-19 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/tolan-an-ai-assistant-focused-on-users-that-are-not-tech-savvy-raised-e8b41d3e

Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media : Tolan, an AI assistant focused on users that are not tech-savvy, raised $30M from USV, Khosla Ventures, and Homebrew, and says 70% of its users are women — Far from Silicon Valley's echo chamber, about 250,000 everyday people turn to AI app Tolan as a friendly voice, or to help organize their lives and families.

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261019/p36#a261019p36)

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