ABAB Pedia
Browse

Wabi

Wabi is an AI company and product founded by Eugenia KuydaEugenia KuydaEugenia Kuyda is a Moscow-born former journalist and entrepreneur who founded the AI companion app Replika and its parent company Luka; after stepping down as Replika’s CEO in 2025 she founded Wabi.Open the full entry. It evolved from generating personal mini-apps from prompts into a shared AI assistant and is operated by Wabi, Inc.

Contents7 sections
Key facts

2025–2026personal software and pre-seed funding

Wabi’s early manifesto proposed mini-apps tailored to individual preferences, habits and context and announced a $20 million pre-seed financing. Eugenia Kuyda founded Replika before Wabi.⁠[1][2]

June 2026the mini-app platform

Kuyda described creating, sharing and remixing simple apps with prompts, while Wabi handles hosting, privacy processing and moderation. Fast Company also noted limits on users’ ability to move applications out of the platform and control their creations.⁠[2]

29 October 2026: $55 million Series A

Eugenia Kuyda announced a $55 million Series A at a $1.25 billion valuation, led by IVPIVPIVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a growth-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded by Reid W. Dennis in 1980; it has invested in companies including Twitter, Dropbox, Coinbase and Figma.Open the full entry with participation from Andreessen HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It invests from the seed stage through the growth stage and provides operational support to its portfolio companies.Open the full entry and Forerunner Ventures. IVP’s portfolio page also records its 2026 investment in Wabi.⁠[3][4]

Topics: shared AI assistant

The current website presents Wabi as a shared AI assistant combining group chat, trip coordination, tasks and mobile widgets, with continuity between computers and phones. It identifies Wabi, Inc. as the operator.⁠[5]

Topics: relationship with DVC

Davidovs Venture CollectiveDavidovs Venture CollectiveDavidovs Venture Collective (DVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Nick Davidov and Marina Davidova, focused on early-stage AI companies, repeat founders and an active investor community.Open the full entry’s LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry account calls Wabi a portfolio company and highlights its Mac version and shared-assistant features.⁠[6]

Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts

Wabi’s official website. Official website: https://wabi.ai/ (opens in a new window).⁠[5]

Sources

  1. Wabi (opens in a new window)
  2. Wabi founder Eugenia Kuyda aims to democratize app-building (opens in a new window)
  3. Eugenia Kuyda on X (October 29, 2026) (opens in a new window)
  4. Wabi | IVP (opens in a new window)
  5. Wabi — The AI assistant you use together (opens in a new window)
  6. DVC | LinkedIn (opens in a new window)