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Quora

Question-and-answer website co-founded by Adam D'Angelo.

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CEO

  • Adam D'Angelo Primary record 345

    Sources from 2017 and 2023 call him Quora's CEO, and Forbes names him CEO during Wang's time there; when he became CEO is not stated.

people who worked here

  • Alexandr Wang 2014–2015 technical lead Primary record 567891011

    Years are approximate: Forbes (2019) puts his move to the Bay Area to work in 2014, and Forbes (2025) has Lucy Guo meeting him at Quora in 2015. The 2015 end is inferred from his move to MIT. His AngelList profile calls the role "Performance Lead".

  • Lucy Guo 2015 product designer Scholarship & press 912

    Joined in 2015, where she met Alexandr Wang; Forbes says she left for a brief stint at Snapchat before co-founding Scale in 2016. No source gives exact dates.

investors

  • Peter Thiel May 2012 led the $50 million round Scholarship & press 1

    TechCrunch reported that Thiel led the round personally and not through Founders Fund; his own amount is not stated.

Timeline 4 dates
  1. 2009 Adam D'Angelo founded Quora
  2. May 2012 Peter Thiel invested in Quora
  3. 2014–2015 Alexandr Wang worked at Quora
  4. 2015 Lucy Guo worked at Quora
Proof 12 sources
  1. Quora Raises $50M At $400M From Peter Thiel, D'Angelo Puts In $20M Of His Own Money, TechCrunch, 14 May 2012. Scholarship & press
    According to our own sources, Quora co-founder Adam D’Angelo put $20 million of his own money into the Series B financing.
    it looks like Facebook board member Peter Thiel has beat out many other investors including a much-rumored KPCB to lead the round.
    Thiel is leading personally and not through Founders Fund, breaking up the remaining $30 million between Matrix and Northbridge.
    Q&A site Quora has raised $50 million at a $400 million pre-money valuation according to a report by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed to me by the founders themselves.
  2. Meet the OpenAI board members that ousted Sam Altman, Fox Business, 21 Nov 2023. Scholarship & press
    D’Angelo, the CEO of Quora, co-founded the firm in 2009 after he previously served as the chief technology officer of Facebook.
  3. Q&A app Quora valued around $1.8 billion in $85 million fundraise, TechCrunch, 21 Apr 2017. Scholarship & press
    Quora co-founder and CEO Adam D’Angelo
  4. OpenAI announces leadership transition, OpenAI, 17 Nov 2023. Primary record
    independent directors Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo
  5. How Alexandr Wang turned an army of clickworkers into a $7.3 billion AI unicorn, Forbes (Australian edition; story by Kenrick Cai, Forbes Staff), 12 Apr 2023. Scholarship & press
    BEFORE COLLEGE, Wang moved to the Bay Area to work for internet startup Quora, where CEO Adam D’Angelo gave him a crucial piece of advice
    BEFORE COLLEGE, Wang moved to the Bay Area to work for internet startup Quora
  6. Alexandr Wang | Blog | Scale AI, Scale AI. Primary record
    He was inspired to solve ML infrastructure problems and accelerate the development of AI through his work at Quora, where he worked as a technical lead.
  7. How The 22-Year-Old Founder Of Scale AI Built A Billion-Dollar Business, Forbes, 22 Dec 2019. Scholarship & press
    So in 2014, he moved from New Mexico to work in the Bay Area, and not long after, grew into a Tech Lead position at Quora.
  8. How Alexandr Wang Turned An Army Of Clickworkers Into A $7.3 Billion AI Unicorn, Forbes, 11 Apr 2023. Scholarship & press
    BEFORE COLLEGE, Wang moved to the Bay Area to work for internet startup Quora
  9. This AI founder has unseated Taylor Swift as the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire, Forbes Australia, 17 Apr 2025. Scholarship & press
    In 2015, Guo got a job as a product designer at question-and-answer firm Quora, where she met Wang.
    In 2015, Guo got a job as a product designer at question-and-answer firm Quora, where she met Wang. She left Quora and worked briefly at Snapchat doing product design before she and Wang decided to cofound Scale AI in 2016.
  10. SaaStr Podcast #227: Alexandr Wang, Founder & CEO @ Scale On Why TAM In The Traditional Sense Barely Matters, SaaStr, 24 Apr 2019. Scholarship & press
    After high school I actually came out here to the valley to work. I worked at a couple startups, Quora and Addepar
  11. Scale AI Careers, Funding, and Management Team | AngelList, AngelList. Primary record
    Formerly Performance Lead at @Quora
  12. The inside story of Scale AI cofounder Alexandr Wang’s rise and the $14 billion Meta deal, Fortune, 22 Jun 2025. Scholarship & press
    teaming up with Lucy Guo, a product designer at Quora
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