Replika founder launches Wabi: a personal AI agent with multiple shareable chats and an app builder
RebeccaBellan · x · 2026-10-22
On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda discusses Wabi, her new personal AI agent. While Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots and Instinct (recently raised $1B at a $10B valuation) cram multiple projects into a single chat thread, Wabi organizes your life into separate conversations you can share with friends, plus a built-in app builder for custom mini-apps. Kuyda argues AI assistants should bring people together rather than keep users glued to one chatbot — and explains how Wabi plans to compete in a crowded, expensive market.
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