Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round
The race to build the winning AI assistant is on, and investors are spreading out their bets. On Thursday, another AI app, Wabi, now describing itself as a “personal agent,” said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.
Founded by Eugenia Kuyda, who previously founded the AI companion startup Replika, Wabi originally focused on allowing anyone to build apps using prompts. Last month, however, the startup announced a pivot of sorts to become an AI messenger.
The idea now is that the new Wabi — or Wabi 2.0, as it was called — could build the interfaces you need to get things done as part of its role as your personal AI agent.
The company suggests Wabi could be used to build mini apps for things like meal planning, tracking local restaurants, planning date nights, creating fitness plans, designing specialized trivia games, and more.
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