Replika Founder's New Startup wabi Raises $55M Series A at $1.25B Valuation
joonasvirtanen · x · 2026-10-30
Replika founder Ekuyda announced that her personal-AI startup wabi has raised a $55M Series A at a $1.25B valuation, led by IVP with backing from a16z, Forerunner, and founders including Benioff, Tobi Lütke, and Marissa Mayer.
wabi bills itself as "an operating system for your life" — a personal AI that brings your people, context, and apps together to coordinate plans, share the mental load, and discover new things. The replying investor calls it far better than Instinct, Dots, or anything else he's tried, using it daily.
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