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When you think of the term \u201ccreator\u201d you generally think of someone making content for social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. But Quora\u2019s AI chatbot platform Poe is now paying bot creators for their efforts, including those who generate \u201cprompt bots\u201d on Poe itself, as well as server bots created by developers<\/a> who integrate their bots with the Poe AI.<\/p>\n

The program, which went live last week<\/a>, is among the first of its kind to monetarily reward the efforts of those building AI bots.<\/p>\n

At launch, there are two ways for bot creators to generate income. With the first, if a bot leads a user to subscribe to Poe, the company will share a cut of the revenue back with the bot\u2019s creator immediately. Another method involves bot creators setting a per-message fee, which Quora will pay on every message. The latter option is opening up soon, the company says.<\/p>\n

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Today we are launching creator monetization for Poe! This program lets any bot creator on Poe generate revenue. This is a major step forward for the platform and is the first program of its kind, so we are very excited to see what it lets everyone create. (thread) pic.twitter.com\/feLjB62hYo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam D’Angelo (@adamdangelo) October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Quora first introduced its chatbot app Poe to the general public<\/a> in February, allowing users to ask questions and get answers from a range of AI chatbots, including those from ChatGPT maker OpenAI and other companies like Google-backed<\/a> Anthropic. In addition to being a way for consumers to experiment with new AI technologies in one place, the company said Poe\u2019s content would ultimately help it to evolve its Q&A site Quora. That is, if and when Poe\u2019s content meets a high enough quality standard, it will be distributed across Quora, where it could reach the site\u2019s 400 million monthly visitors.<\/p>\n

Poe, meanwhile, has been gaining traction amid the growing AI chatbot market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to data from market intelligence provider Apptopia<\/a>, Poe\u2019s mobile app saw 253,530 downloads in its first month open to the public. As of October (through the 24th), it has seen over 18.4 million installs. In addition, the app has grown to nearly 1.22 million monthly active users. However, Apptopia estimates Poe is only generating under a quarter of a million dollars in in-app purchase revenue per month at this time. That said, many Poe users may be interacting with the chatbot platform via the web and signing up for its $19.99\/month or $199.99\/year subscription there instead, so this is not a comprehensive look at Poe\u2019s numbers.<\/p>\n

Currently, Poe\u2019s creator monetization program<\/a> is only open to U.S. users and pays up to $20 per user who subscribes to Poe thanks to a creator\u2019s bots. There are a few ways this metric is calculated \u2014 if the creator brings a user to Poe for the first time and they eventually subscribe; if a bot brings a user back to Poe who eventually subscribes; if a bot\u2019s paywall is seen just before the user subscribers; or soon, if users send messages to your bot at a price the developer sets. More expensive bots will be limited in terms of users sending messages to them and some bots will be subscriber-only, Quora says.<\/p>\n

Whenever a person subscribes to Poe, the company will set aside $10 per monthly subscription or $20 per annual subscription. That amount is then split between \u201cany monetizing creators with successfully converting activations and successfully converting paywalls for that subscription,\u201d the company\u2019s developer docs state<\/a>. Stripe is used to process the payouts.<\/p>\n

Quora believes this program will enable a new class of smaller companies or AI research groups to create bots that reach the public, even if they don\u2019t have the resources to build an AI chatbot application themselves. But it also is a way for Poe to essentially pay to onboard new subscribers to its chatbot app, through something akin to an affiliate program. That could help it to better compete against a host of AI chatbot apps, many of which are already making more money on mobile devices than ChatGPT.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect all kinds of bots to do well, across areas like tutoring, knowledge, therapy, entertainment, assistants, analysis, storytelling, roleplay, and image, video, music, and other media generation,\u201d wrote Quroa CEO Adam D\u2019Angelo in an announcement. \u201cSince this is the beginning of a new market, there are lots of opportunities to provide a valuable service for the world and make money at the same time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n