Startup profile for Quora: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.
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Quora funding, valuation and investors

Q&A platform; Poe is a multi-model AI chat and bot-creation marketplace.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Series D

$75M · 2024

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$125M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

growth · Mountain View, CA

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Quora operates a question-and-answer platform founded by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever in 2009, plus Poe, a multi-model AI chat app where users access GPT, Claude, Gemini, and other models and create custom bots. Quora raised a $75M Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2024 to expand Poe, with David George joining the board. Prior investors include Benchmark (Series A) and Tiger Global (Series C). Poe has become one of the largest consumer AI chat platforms by user-created bot count. Quora remains privately held and generates revenue through Poe subscriptions and advertising on the core Q&A site. The company's strategic shift from SEO-driven Q&A to AI chat aggregation defines its current growth thesis.

Why Quora is interesting

a16z's 2024 Series D bet Poe as a top-5 GenAI property with 1M+ user-created bots — Quora pivoted distribution from SEO Q&A to AI chat aggregation.

Product & use cases

Quora.com is a community Q&A platform. Poe is a separate app offering multi-model AI chat, custom bot creation, and a marketplace of user-built AI assistants across web and mobile.

  • Accessing multiple LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini) in one Poe interface
  • Building and sharing custom AI bots on Poe
  • Community-driven Q&A on specialized topics via Quora.com

Key facts

  • Series D (2024): $75M led by a16z for Poe AI chat platform (TechCrunch)
  • Poe: 1M+ user-created bots; top-5 GenAI consumer property per a16z
  • Founded 2009 by Adam D'Angelo (ex-Facebook CTO) and Charlie Cheever
  • Prior rounds: Benchmark (Series A), Tiger Global (Series C)

Funding history (newest first)

Series D

2024 $75M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/06/quora-raises-75m-from-a16z-for-poe-its-ai-chat-bot-app/

Series C

2017 undisclosed

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/21/quora-raises-85m-series-d/

Series A

2012 $50M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/14/quora-raises-50m-series-b/

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Quora's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Benchmark Tiger Global Management

Competitive landscape

Edge: Poe aggregates models from competing providers in one interface — users aren't locked to OpenAI or Anthropic alone. 1M+ user-created bots create a marketplace moat ChatGPT lacks.

Poe competes in crowded consumer AI chat but differentiates via multi-model access and user-created bot marketplace. ChatGPT dominates mindshare; Poe targets power users who want model choice. Quora.com faces ongoing SEO pressure from Reddit and AI-generated answers, making Poe the strategic growth engine.

  • ChatGPT direct

    OpenAI's consumer chat app with GPT store; larger user base but single-model default.

  • Character.AI direct

    Consumer AI character chat; strong engagement but narrower model access.

  • Reddit adjacent

    Community Q&A via subreddits; less AI-native than Quora's Poe pivot.

Notable stories

  • Adam D'Angelo left his role as Facebook CTO to co-found Quora in 2009, betting on quality Q&A over social feed algorithms.
  • a16z partner David George joined Quora's board alongside the 2024 Series D focused on Poe expansion (TechCrunch).

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Consumer Media & Entertainment

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Quora runs a Q&A platform and Poe, a multi-model AI chat app where users access GPT, Claude, and other models and create custom bots.
Andreessen Horowitz led the $75M Series D in 2024. Benchmark and Tiger Global invested in earlier rounds. See /fund/andreessen-horowitz.
Poe is Quora's AI chat app offering access to multiple LLMs and a marketplace of 1M+ user-created bots.
$75M Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz to expand Poe.
Quora has not disclosed profitability. Revenue comes from Poe subscriptions and Q&A advertising.
Poe offers multiple AI models in one app plus user-created bots. ChatGPT is OpenAI's single-provider consumer chat.
Adam D'Angelo (former Facebook CTO) and Charlie Cheever co-founded Quora in 2009.
No. Quora remains privately held as of 2026.
Andreessen Horowitz led Quora's $75M Series D in 2024, its first investment in the company.
Quora reported 1M+ user-created bots on Poe as of its 2024 Series D announcement.
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