23-year-old dropout's Instinct raises $1B Series C at $10B valuation, challenging Meta Muse
asusarla · x · 2026-10-02
Fortune profiled Noah Shinn, a 23-year-old college dropout who founded the AI assistant startup Instinct last year. Its viral assistant is emerging as a challenger to Meta's Muse.
The funding pace is striking: a $250M raise at a $2.5B valuation in August (totaling $350M raised), followed this week by a $1B Series C that pushed the valuation to $10B.
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