The problem
Everyday life admin is spread across many apps and still needs a person to do it, and assistants make you learn a new interface
What they do
Personal AI agent you text or call; it uses its own phone and computer to handle trips, groceries, bookings, subscriptions and email
Traction Invite-only, yet 100K+ users reported; founder says ~10% day-over-day growth with $0 marketing and roughly $1B in annualized transaction volume
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 0
- Headcount
- ~14
Tiny team (~14) after raising ~$1.35B in two months; the Ashby board for Spear Street Technology (DBA Instinct) shows no open roles
Latest news
Sep 2026
Raised $1B at a $10B valuation from Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue, a month after its $250M Series B at $2.5B ↗Funding
- Last round
- $1B
- Stage
- Series C
- Date
- Sep 2026
Led by Sequoia Capital; Benchmark; Coatue (no single lead named)
- Hiring00 open roles on the live job board (no roles = 0)
- Funding recency+2Series C · $1B, Sep 2026 (1 month ago): 6 months or less = +1.5, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: Invite-only, yet 100K+ users reported; founder says ~10% day-over-day growth with $0 marketing and roughly $1B in annualized transaction volume
- Red flags0Watch-outs noted below, none scored as a significant flag
- Total3.50 + 2 + 1.5 − 0 = 3.5 → Tempo (3.5–4.24)
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven
Viral and richly funded, but invite-only with no revenue disclosed; too early to judge.
Sources: TechCrunch: Instinct raises $1B Series C at $10B (Sep 2026) ↗
Watch-outs
Still invite-only and short on compute (slow replies when at capacity); privacy questions raised; $10B valuation on ~14 staff with no revenue disclosed
Sources: TechCrunch, Aug 2026 ↗ · OfficeChai, Sep 2026 ↗ · TechCrunch, Sep 2026 ↗
Open ops roles
No ops roles open right now
Last checked Oct 25, 2026