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Eugenia Kuyda's new venture, Wabi, represents an evolution in personal AI agents that leverage long-term memory and custom app generation within threaded conversations. This shift addresses a key market need for specialized, persistent assistants rather than generic one-size-fits-all solutions, positioning the product against emerging competitors like Muse and Instinct.

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Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago

TechCrunchOctober 19, 20265 min read

Eugenia Kuyda's newest startup Wabi is positioned to take advantage of an idea she had more than a decade ago. Wabi offers a personal AI assistant with a twist, free and downloadable to anyone today.

Twelve years ago today, Eugenia Kuyda stood up on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt and presented a conversational chatbot called IO that acted as a lifestyle concierge to help people book restaurants and vacations along with other tasks. IO, the first product from her startup Luka, came before the deep learning breakthroughs that would eventually lead to today’s large language models. “It still worked,” Kuyda told TechCrunch in an exclusive interview. “It was pretty magical…but, of course, it’s nowhere near what we have today.” Luka ended up becoming…

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