AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience

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Wabi, the AI startup that allowed anyone to use prompts to build apps, is undergoing a slight pivot as demand for AI agents, like Meta’s Muse and Instinct, takes off. The company announced this week that Wabi is now becoming an AI messenger of sorts — but one that’s still capable of making apps to help you get things done.

The startup’s founder Eugenia Kuyda, who previously founded the AI companion startup Replika, described Wabi 2.0, as the new experience is called, as a “personal agent that does stuff for you and builds the interface you need in the moment.”

Introducing Wabi 2.0: a new kind of messenger that makes apps and gets things done for you and your friends.We’re building the OS for the agentic era – software that adapts to your life, gets things done, and makes more room for the people and things that matter.Invite-only… pic.twitter.com/x9UlzrJSXs

It’s a similar value proposition to that offered by the original version of Wabi — but one that users will interact with in a different way. Instead of positioning itself up against other vibe-coding tools, Wabi 2.0 aims to