The problem
Planning and running everyday life with family and friends is scattered across apps, group chats, calendars and tabs
What they do
Personal AI agent in shared chat threads that builds mini apps on demand
Traction Public launch Oct 19, 2026; free, no business model; users and revenue undisclosed
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 0
- Headcount
- ~22
Headcount ~6 → ~22 in 12 mo (LinkedIn, +267%); 0 open roles on Ashby, general listings pulled Sep 2026
Funding
- Last round
- $55M
- Stage
- Series A
- Date
- Oct 2026
Led by IVP
- Hiring00 open roles on the live job board (no roles = 0)
- Funding recency+1.5Series A · $55M, Oct 2026 (this month): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction+0.75Some growth: Public launch Oct 19, 2026; free, no business model; users and revenue undisclosed
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total2.250 + 1.5 + 0.75 − 0 = 2.25 → Steady (1.5–3.49)
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven
Pivoted from app builder to multiplayer AI messenger in Sep 2026 and opened to all users Oct 19, with no user, retention or revenue data; shared-thread network effects are the aim but unproven, and Meta, OpenAI and Instinct target the same consumer.
Sources: TechCrunch: Wabi pivots to a messaging experience (Sep 2026) ↗ · TechCrunch via Winzheng: Wabi launches to all users, free, no business model yet (Oct 2026) ↗ · TechCrunch: Wabi valued at $1.25B (Oct 2026) ↗
Open ops roles
No ops roles open right now
Last checked Oct 29, 2026