The company behind Poe
Quora, Inc
Poe is made by Quora, the company behind the Quora question-and-answer site. Quora is privately held and venture-backed, and it runs remote-first. Poe earns its money from subscriptions that cover many AI models in one place, and pays out a share to the people who build bots on it.
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Poe at a glance
- Chief executive
- Adam D'Angelo
- Founded
- 2009
- Based in
- Remote-first since 2020, hiring across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia
- Last valuation
- $500 million
- Reported January 2024
- Latest round
- Funding round, $75 million
- January 2024
- Team
- 140 people
- Ownership
- Privately held
Poe's CEO and founders
The people Quora, Inc names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Poe funding
TechCrunch reported a $75 million round from Andreessen Horowitz in January 2024, Quora's first raise in nearly seven years, and before that an $85 million Series D in April 2017 that it said brought the total raised to $226 million. Quora's own pages do not state a figure. techcrunch.comtechcrunch.com
| When | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Funding round | $75 million | Led by Andreessen Horowitz. techcrunch.com |
| April 2017 | Series D | $85 million | Led by Collaborative Fund, Y Combinator Continuity Fund. With Sam Altman, Tiger Global, Matrix Partners, Dustin Moskovitz. techcrunch.com |
Every investor named
- Andreessen Horowitz · led a round
- Collaborative Fund · led a round
- Y Combinator Continuity Fund · led a round
- Dustin Moskovitz
- Matrix Partners
- Sam Altman
- Tiger Global
Poe valuation
$500 million
January 2024
TechCrunch reported this figure when it covered the $75 million round in January 2024, and said it was down from around $1.8 billion in 2017. It was reported rather than announced as a number by Quora. techcrunch.com
A private company’s valuation is set when it raises money and is rarely updated in public. It is not a share price.
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held, with no parent company. TechCrunch reported in January 2024 that Andreessen Horowitz put $75 million into Quora, and in April 2017 that Collaborative Fund and Y Combinator's Continuity Fund co-led an earlier round. techcrunch.com
- Founded
- 2009 techcrunch.com
- Based in
- Remote-first since 2020, hiring across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia careers.quora.com
- Team
- Its job board says Quora is about 140 full-time employees. That is the whole company, Quora and Poe together. jobs.ashbyhq.com
- Hiring
- Its job board lists 8 full-time openings across the whole company, all remote: six in engineering, one in data and one in product management. jobs.ashbyhq.com
Poe on social media and the web
Only accounts Quora, Inc links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Quora, Inc
The ways Quora, Inc publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Poe news and launches
Media kit
The Quora, Inc media kit
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Questions about Poe the company
Who is the CEO of Poe?
Adam D'Angelo is Quora, Inc's co-founder and CEO, according to techcrunch.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Poe?
Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever are named as founders of Quora, Inc, which was founded in 2009.
How much funding has Poe raised?
TechCrunch reported a $75 million round from Andreessen Horowitz in January 2024, Quora's first raise in nearly seven years, and before that an $85 million Series D in April 2017 that it said brought the total raised to $226 million. Quora's own pages do not state a figure.
Who are Poe's investors?
The announcements name Andreessen Horowitz, Collaborative Fund, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Dustin Moskovitz, Matrix Partners, Sam Altman and Tiger Global. Andreessen Horowitz, Collaborative Fund and Y Combinator Continuity Fund led rounds.
When did Poe last raise money?
The most recent round announced was in January 2024: Funding round, $75 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz.
What is Poe's valuation?
$500 million, as of January 2024. TechCrunch reported this figure when it covered the $75 million round in January 2024, and said it was down from around $1.8 billion in 2017. It was reported rather than announced as a number by Quora.
Who owns Poe?
Privately held, with no parent company. TechCrunch reported in January 2024 that Andreessen Horowitz put $75 million into Quora, and in April 2017 that Collaborative Fund and Y Combinator's Continuity Fund co-led an earlier round.
Where is Poe based?
Quora, Inc gives its base as Remote-first since 2020, hiring across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
How many people work at Poe?
Its job board says Quora is about 140 full-time employees. That is the whole company, Quora and Poe together.
Is Poe hiring?
Its job board lists 8 full-time openings across the whole company, all remote: six in engineering, one in data and one in product management.
Is Poe on social media?
Quora, Inc links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn and Facebook. The links are on this page, taken from Quora, Inc's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Quora, Inc’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.