GoKawiilWabi raises $55M at $1.25B valuation for AI personal agent
Wabi, the startup founded by Replika creator Eugenia Kuyda, has raised $55 million in new funding at a $1.25 billion valuation, led by IVP with participation from a16z, Forerunner, and the Amazon Alexa Fund. The company recently pivoted from a prompt-based app-building tool into an AI messenger that acts as a personal agent, capable of generating mini apps for tasks like meal planning or fitness tracking.
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The funding suggests investors see promise in Wabi's shift toward agentic AI, a category that has recently attracted massive capital, as seen with Instinct's $10 billion valuation and Tolan's $30 million raise. Backing from high-profile executives like Marc Benioff and Marissa Mayer could lend Wabi credibility and signal broader confidence in consumer-facing AI agents as the next major interface beyond chatbots.
- Wabi raised $55M at a $1.25B valuation led by IVP.
- The startup pivoted from app-building prompts to a personal AI agent model.
- High-profile backers include tech executives Tobi Lütke, Marc Benioff, and Marissa Mayer.
Source: techcrunch.com — Sarah Perez, 2026-10-29
Published there as: “Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round”
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