--- title: AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience description: Wabi, the AI startup that let users build apps via prompts, is repositioning itself as a personal AI messenger. Founder Eugenia Kuyda, previously of Replika,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-app-maker-wabi-pivots-to-a-messaging-experience-8yqugrvqb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience | daily.dev og:description: Wabi, the AI startup that let users build apps via prompts, is repositioning itself as a personal AI messenger. Founder Eugenia Kuyda, previously of Replika,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-app-maker-wabi-pivots-to-a-messaging-experience-8yqugrvqb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8YquGrVQb.png og:image:alt: AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Wabi, the AI startup that let users build apps via prompts, is repositioning itself as a personal AI messenger. Founder Eugenia Kuyda, previously of Replika, calls the new version 'Wabi 2.0' — an agent that chats but also generates on-demand interfaces (like a calorie tracker or family calendar) to help complete tasks, rather than burying everything in an endless chat scroll. The move responds to competition from agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct, and comes as OpenAI updates ChatGPT plugins to let apps appear more prominently in its interface. Wabi 2.0 is currently invite-only, distributed via X. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Wabi 2.0 and how is it different from the original Wabi app builder? Wabi 2.0 is a repositioning of the prompt-based app-building startup Wabi into a personal AI messenger that also generates on-demand interfaces. Instead of competing with vibe-coding tools, it now positions itself against agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct, combining chat history with organized, generated apps such as trackers or calendars tied to specific conversation threads. It is currently invite-only, distributed through founder Eugenia Kuyda's X account. _Developers evaluating AI agent platforms can follow shifts like Wabi's pivot on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’](https://daily.dev/posts/replika-founder-raises-20m-pre-seed-for-wabi-the-youtube-of-apps--0ba2moagh) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Future of Web Apps: Will AI Agents Generate UIs on the Fly?](https://daily.dev/posts/the-future-of-web-apps-will-ai-agents-generate-uis-on-the-fly--fjijoyhtu) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [These 4 AI apps save me 20 hours every week on my Android phone](https://daily.dev/posts/these-4-ai-apps-save-me-20-hours-every-week-on-my-android-phone-b3jrkfm9f) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-app-maker-wabi-pivots-to-a-messaging-experience-8yqugrvqb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-app-maker-wabi-pivots-to-a-messaging-experience-8yqugrvqb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-app-maker-wabi-pivots-to-a-messaging-experience-8yqugrvqb"},"datePublished":"2026-09-29T17:24:36.221Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T18:05:25.354Z","description":"Wabi, the AI startup that let users build apps via prompts, is repositioning itself as a personal AI messenger. 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