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Andrew Torba

Andrew Torba is an American entrepreneur based in Texas.

History

Torba co-founded Kuhcoon in 2011, a “social media as a service” company.1) 2) The company was later renamed to Automate Ads.

Torba claimed to have purchased Bitcoin when it was valued at under $200. He wrote enthusiastically about paying for an order at Subway using Coinbase on November 19, 2013.3) 4)

In late 2014, Y Combinator invested in Automate Ads, and Torba moved to California.5)

1)
Ha, A. (2015, February 19). YC-Backed Kuhcoon Promises To Automate Facebook Ad Campaigns For Small Businesses. TechCrunch. http://archive.today/2023.04.27-045011/https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/
3)
Torba, A. I Bought Subway with Bitcoin and It Was Awesome. Medium. Retrieved December 7, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131207144207/https://medium.com/this-happened-to-me/48c233e67ddc
4)
Jeffries, A. (2014, February 11). The Bitcoin bump: stores turn to virtual currency for a marketing boost. The Verge. https://web.archive.org/web/20230427044405/https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/11/5401044/the-bitcoin-bump-stores-turn-to-virtual-currency-for-a-marketing-boost
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