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Tolan

Tool Oct 19, 2026

A voice-first AI companion with customizable characters, conversational memory and everyday planning features, developed by the startup formerly called Portola.

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Tolan's App Store promotional panels show customizable characters, a voice conversation and an example insight screen.
Tolan App Store promotional panels reproduced in TechCrunch's October 19 report. Testimonials, ratings and conversation examples are promotional material, not AITrending tests or verified mental-health outcomes. Source: Tolan on App Store / TechCrunch
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Tolan presents an AI companion as a customizable character for voice conversations, memory and help with everyday organization. Its website links to an App Store download and claims more than 250,000 active users and 70 million conversations over the past year. These are company figures, not independently audited usage measurements.

An October 19, 2026, Upstarts interview reports $30 million in new funding from Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Homebrew. Management describes expanding practical assistance and introducing a first free tier. That plan does not establish the tier’s availability or limits. The app’s emotional-support positioning is not evidence of clinical effectiveness or a substitute for professional care.