{
  "id": 15635530,
  "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)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/tolan-an-ai-assistant-focused-on-users-that-are-not-tech-savvy-raised",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-19T17:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/tolan-raises-30m-for-ai-companion-you-trust"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}