Tolan

Tolan is an Embodied Companion: a cute, friendly AI alien that you talk with naturally, like a friend. They have unique preferences and personalities, and over time they form memories about you, your friendship, and your life. We previously founded Even, acquired for $300M in 2022. Our engineering team comes from places like Apple, Square, and character.ai.

Consumer and social

Tolan raised $20M in a Series A round announced July 7, 2025, according to geekwire.com. Investors in that round: Khosla Ventures.

Raise history

1. September 29, 2026
   First seen by Recent Funding
   via startups.gallery
2. July 7, 2025
   Series A · $20M
   KKhosla Ventures (lead)
   Source: geekwire.com (startups.gallery listing)

Investors

• KKhosla Ventures
• LLachy Groom
• NNFDG Ventures

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