--- title: Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the... description: Wabi, founded by Replika creator Eugenia Kyuda, raised $20M in pre-seed funding to build a social platform where users can create and share mini apps through... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/replika-founder-raises-20m-pre-seed-for-wabi-the-youtube-of-apps--0ba2moagh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’ | daily.dev og:description: Wabi, founded by Replika creator Eugenia Kyuda, raised $20M in pre-seed funding to build a social platform where users can create and share mini apps through... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/replika-founder-raises-20m-pre-seed-for-wabi-the-youtube-of-apps--0ba2moagh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0ba2mOAgh.png og:image:alt: Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’ 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. # Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’ **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Wabi, founded by Replika creator Eugenia Kyuda, raised $20M in pre-seed funding to build a social platform where users can create and share mini apps through natural language prompts without coding. The platform handles technical infrastructure automatically, including UI design, databases, and icon creation, while allowing users to choose AI models like ChatGPT or Gemini. Wabi recently added social features like liking, commenting, and remixing apps, positioning itself in the growing vibe coding market alongside tools like Cursor and Replit. The startup plans to avoid ads and focus on building network effects before implementing monetization. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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