Eugenia Kuyda launches Wabi, bringing her personal assistant vision closer to reality

Eugenia Kuyda has launched Wabi, a personal AI assistant that echoes the concierge chatbot she presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 12 years ago. The launch shows how newer AI technology has brought her original idea closer to reality, while Wabi enters a growing field of assistants designed to help with everyday tasks.

Wabi is organised as a messenger app with separate threads for different tasks or goals, and those threads can be shared with other people. After users connect email, the assistant creates starter threads and apps; users can request more, such as a health tracker or a family events app. Kuyda says this approach aims to make useful personal software without requiring people to build it themselves, and to avoid overloading one long conversation with information.