Quora, founded in 2009 by Charlie Cheever and Adam D’Angelo, has raised $301M across multiple rounds, including a $75M Series D in Jan 2024, an $85M Series D in 2017, and an $80M Series C in 2014. The Mountain View–based platform operates a global Q&A ecosystem blending human expertise and machine learning to surface reliable answers. Funding supported product development, search and personalization, monetization via ads and subscriptions, moderation systems, and engineering talent acquisition. Key investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Benchmark, and Peter Thiel.