Quora Raises $75M to Fuel Growth of AI Chatbot Platform Poe and Creator Monetization
• Quora raised $75M from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) to grow Poe, its AI chatbot platform • Funding will go towards paying creators through Quora's bot monetization program • Quora is betting on creators to build interesting AI bots and integrate them into Poe • Despite growth, Quora's valuation dropped from $1.8B in 2017 to $500M in the latest funding round • Since launch, Poe has seen 18.4M installs and 1.22M monthly active users, establishing itself as a top generative AI property