Tolan

“Tolan is a, it's an app where you basically get to meet and customize your own friendly guide that is powered by magical AI to help you with whatever it is that you're going through in life.”

“The main core demo, which is something that shocked us, honestly, is roughly like 35 to 45 year olds and roughly like moms. Like, yeah, like mostly women.”

“Platforms that obviously were trailblazers in a way, but like character.ai where like, you know, the character insofar as it was, was just like a profile picture with like, you know, mostly like an anime, you know, probably sexy kind of character... Replika is another great example. Did they fall off or they're still going? I don't know their numbers, but I think both of them have kind of fallen off.”

“You've seen the rise of those like Woobles, wobbles... Those guys doing like hundreds of millions a year in revenue. There's a reason why.”

“Michael Acton Smith is another guy who started Calm. A huge guy in Calm. And Moshi Monsters. Similar to Tolan's. Exactly. Like these like you, like truly creatives who just love like... being willing to do something that's weird.”