# How GoFundMe uses Sierra

**5%**: “Organizers raised 5% more in donations”

As published on [sierra.ai](https://sierra.ai/customers/gofundme), June 2026. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [GoFundMe](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/gofundme.md)
- Tool: [Sierra](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/sierra.md)
- Teams: legal, marketing, policy

## What the story says

GoFundMe uses a Sierra-powered conversational agent to guide people through creating a fundraiser. The agent asks about their situation and helps them build a story, title, goal, and images.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Sierra and GoFundMe, not ours.

> Organizers raised 5% more in donations, which - based on early results - could result in an estimated $125 million in additional help raised in the U.S. this year.

- **$125 million**: “could result in an estimated $125 million in additional help raised in the U.S. this year”

> Trust is fragile,
>
> Taruvar Aggarwal, product manager at GoFundMe

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the figure 5% is printed word for word on the page, near the name of GoFundMe.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of GoFundMe.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: GoFundMe uses Sierra. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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Source: https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/gofundme-sierra · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology