Short answer: Wabi 2.0 is a personal AI agent built as a messenger, from Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda. It opened to all users on 19 October 2026: each part of your life gets its own thread, Wabi plans, books and builds the mini-apps you need, and partners, friends or family can join the thread. It is free for now on iOS, Android and Mac.

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Wabi 2.0: the personal AI agent you use with others

Key facts

What did Wabi launch on 19 October 2026?

On 19 October 2026 Wabi opened Wabi 2.0 to everyone. Founder Eugenia Kuyda announced it on X with a simple pitch: personal agents are usually one person in one chat, but the parts of life that matter involve more than one person, so Wabi is “an agent you use together” (launch post on X). Until then the app had been invite-only.

TechCrunch noted that the launch came twelve years to the day after Kuyda presented a conversational concierge called IO at TechCrunch Disrupt, the first product of the company that later became Replika (TechCrunch). The technology has now caught up with that early idea of an assistant that books restaurants and trips for you.

What does Wabi 2.0 actually do?

One thread for each part of life

Wabi works like a messenger. Instead of one endless conversation, you keep several agentic threads, each for a task or a long-term goal, such as health, family or a trip. Inside each thread Wabi can build and run small apps: a weight tracker in a health thread, or a list of nearby children’s events in a family thread (TechCrunch). Kuyda argues that single-thread agents get harder to use over time because everything piles up in one place.

The agent picks the apps

With version 2.0, you no longer have to build the apps yourself. As soon as you connect your email, Wabi sets up a first set of threads and apps, and you can ask for new ones whenever you like (TechCrunch). The store listing describes the idea as making “the software the moment needs”: a busy family week becomes a shared calendar, a trip becomes a map and itinerary, a decision becomes a vote (Google Play).

Built for people together

Any thread can become a group chat. In the launch examples, Wabi updates the family calendar when the school changes pickup time and everyone sees it, finds a night that suits two people for a show and gets the tickets, and picks dates, builds an itinerary and books the trip everyone keeps talking about (launch post).

How does Wabi handle privacy and shared data?

Each person decides what to share in each chat, from email and calendar to bank details. Kuyda told TechCrunch that access is scoped to individual chats and that everyone in a chat can see when someone’s personal information is requested, so a partner can ask “Is she free next Thursday?” without seeing everything else (TechCrunch). Wabi is SOC 2 compliant, runs entirely in the cloud and stores most user data in the US.

The app store listings add that you choose which connections to grant, including email, calendar, contacts, location, photos and health data, that Wabi checks with you before important actions that need approval, and that you can disconnect any connection at any time (Google Play, App Store).

How much does Wabi cost and where can you get it?

Wabi is free for now. The company has not settled on a business model and is in talks to raise more money (TechCrunch). It raised a USD 20 million pre-seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz in November 2025, back when Wabi was a platform for building and sharing prompt-made mini-apps (TechCrunch, a16z).

You can download Wabi for iOS, Android and Mac (wabi.ai). The iPhone app needs iOS 26 or later (App Store). Home-screen widgets are available on iOS and Android, and you can start a task on your computer and pick it up on your phone (wabi.ai). On Android, Wabi can also notice when you arrive in a new city if you allow background location, read your Health Connect data in read-only mode, and start voice or video calls from any chat (Google Play).

What does Wabi mean for families, friends and small teams?

Shared planning is where many good intentions stall: someone has to collect dates, compare options and book. Wabi’s bet is that the agent can be that someone, inside the chat where the group already talks. The store listing also mentions partners and coworkers, so a small team could use a shared thread for an offsite or a shared to-do list, although Wabi is clearly designed for personal life first.

If you want to try the same ideas with any agent, start with our trip planning and rebooking and school email to daily plan use cases, the family planner and trip planner templates, and skills such as family calendar and trip itinerary.

How does Wabi compare with Rene and Meta Muse?

Rene also calls itself a multiplayer assistant that works in group chats, so it is the closest match on the idea of AI for groups. See Wabi vs Rene for a side-by-side view.

Kuyda positions Wabi against single-thread personal agents such as Meta Muse and Instinct: “It’s doing what Instinct and Muse do, but it also has all these apps” (TechCrunch). Compare the details in Wabi vs Meta Muse, or browse the best personal AI agents of 2026.

What should you watch next?

Three things are worth following: which business model Wabi chooses once the free period ends, how much new funding it raises, and how well shared threads work in larger groups such as school parent chats. Early user feedback after the public launch will show which built-in apps people actually keep.

We will update the Wabi profile and its comparisons as new facts are confirmed.

Timeline: how did we get here?

Agent snapshot: what do we know so far?

Facts below come from the agent profiles in our directory, each linked to its source.

Wabi at a glance

Full Wabi profile

Rene at a glance

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Meta Muse at a glance

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A personal AI agent you use together: a messenger with separate threads for each part of life, where Wabi plans, books and builds the mini-apps you need, and partners, friends or family can join the thread.

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Meta Muse

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Meta's personal AI agent: message it in the Muse app or WhatsApp, and it works on your goals inside a dedicated secure virtual machine.

Frequently asked questions

What is Wabi 2.0?

A personal AI agent built as a messenger by Wabi, the startup of Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda. You keep a thread for each part of life, Wabi plans, books and builds mini-apps, and other people can join the thread.

When did Wabi 2.0 launch?

It was introduced as invite-only on 28 September 2026 and opened to all users on 19 October 2026.

How much does Wabi cost?

It is free for now. Wabi has not announced a business model or paid plans.

Which devices does Wabi support?

iOS (iOS 26 or later), Android and Mac, with home-screen widgets on iOS and Android.

Can other people see my data in a shared Wabi chat?

Only what you choose to share in that chat. Access is scoped to each chat, and everyone in it can see when someone's personal information is requested.

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