--- title: AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status,... description: Travel agency platform Fora has reached unicorn status after closing a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-travel-agency-fora-hits-unicorn-status-raises-60m-ivjjpefgh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M | daily.dev og:description: Travel agency platform Fora has reached unicorn status after closing a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-travel-agency-fora-hits-unicorn-status-raises-60m-ivjjpefgh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IvjjpEFgh.png og:image:alt: AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Travel agency platform Fora has reached unicorn status after closing a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion. Founded in 2021, Fora operates a two-sided marketplace that lets people become travel agents and helps users find travel advisors. The company plans to expand its AI assistant, Via, which handles administrative tasks like research and itinerary building to boost agent productivity. Agents on the platform have booked over $3 billion in travel since launch, and the new capital will also fund expansion into cruises and flights. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI didn't kill the travel agent. 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