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# Andrew Torba
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/andrew-torba/
- Published: 1999-01-02T10:31:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-31T23:54:15.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #individual

**Andrew Torba** is an American entrepreneur based in Texas. He is the co-founder of [Gab](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Gab) and Automate Ads.

## History

Torba co-founded Kuhcoon in 2011, a “social media as a service” company.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2)

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.[\[3\]](#fn3)[\[4\]](#fn4)

In late 2014, [Y Combinator](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Y-Combinator) invested in Kuhcoon, and Torba moved to California.[\[5\]](#fn5) Kuhcoon changed its name to Automate Ads on June 25, 2015.[\[6\]](#fn6)

Torba stepped down as CEO of the company in August 2016.[\[7\]](#fn7) That same month, Torba co-founded [Gab](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Gab) with Ekrem Büyükkaya, using crowdfunding platform [StartEngine](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/StartEngine).[\[8\]](#fn8)

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=andrew%5Ftorba)
- [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/andrew-torba)
- [Twitter](https://x.com/BasedTorba)

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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/> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *About Us.* Kuhcoon. Retrieved March 23, 2012, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20120323001149/http://kuhcoon.com/index/aboutus> [↩︎](#fnref2)
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> [↩︎](#fnref3)
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> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. Dickson, C. (2018, October 30). *Who Is Gab Founder Andrew Torba?* HuffPost. <http://archive.today/2020.10.24-201348/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gab-founder-andrew-torba%5Fn%5F5bd89d70e4b0dee6eececbc5?guccounter=1> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. Pennsylvania Department of State. (2015, July 1). *Automate Ads.* OpenCorporates. <http://archive.today/2021.02.08-024310/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fpa/4365645> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Gab.* StartEngine. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20201130113341/https://www.startengine.com/gab> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. Wolverton, T. (2018, October 27). *The suspected Pittsburgh shooter allegedly had a following on a social network that many call the far-right’s alternative to Twitter — here’s everything we know about Gab.* Business Insider. <http://archive.today/2018.10.28-063204/https://www.businessinsider.nl/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-gab-2018-10/?international=true&r=US> [↩︎](#fnref8)