--- title: Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B... description: AI assistant startup Instinct raised a $1 billion Series C at a $10 billion valuation, just a month after a prior round valued it at $2.5 billion. Investors... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/viral-ai-agent-instinct-raises-1b-series-c-at-a-10b-valuation-az1dhmmsh copyright: © 2026 Daily Dev Ltd. terms: https://daily.dev/tos/ twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation | daily.dev og:description: AI assistant startup Instinct raised a $1 billion Series C at a $10 billion valuation, just a month after a prior round valued it at $2.5 billion. Investors... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/viral-ai-agent-instinct-raises-1b-series-c-at-a-10b-valuation-az1dhmmsh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aZ1DHMmsh.png og:image:alt: Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation 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. # Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AI assistant startup Instinct raised a $1 billion Series C at a $10 billion valuation, just a month after a prior round valued it at $2.5 billion. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, and Coatue. The consumer AI agent can book travel, make calls via a new 'concierge' feature, and coordinate with friends' agents through a 'trusted person network.' The company faces privacy concerns over its data practices and new competition from Meta's AI assistant Muse, which has topped app store charts by integrating with Instagram and Facebook. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much did Instinct raise in its Series C round and what is the company now valued at? Instinct raised $1 billion in a Series C round, valuing the company at $10 billion. Investors included Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, and Coatue. This came just a month after a prior round that valued the company at $2.5 billion, and the startup only launched its invite-only service in August 2026. _Founders tracking AI startup valuations and funding pace can follow deals like this on daily.dev._ ### What can Instinct's AI agent actually do for users? Instinct can book travel and restaurant reservations, make purchases, pay bills, cancel subscriptions, order groceries, and conduct research using its own phone number and computer. A 'concierge' feature lets it make phone calls to book appointments unavailable online, and a 'trusted person network' lets a user's agent coordinate plans directly with friends' agents. _Developers evaluating consumer AI agent capabilities can compare feature sets like this on daily.dev._ ### How does Meta's Muse AI assistant compare to Instinct? Muse offers many of the same task-completion features as Instinct but adds deep integration with Meta's social products, including monitoring and summarizing Instagram DMs, tracking Facebook Groups, and watching Marketplace listings. This has driven Muse to the top of U.S. app store charts with millions of downloads, while Instinct still lacks a mobile app and relies on SMS. _Anyone weighing competing AI assistant platforms can keep up with shifts like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Instinct raised $1B at $10B for an AI agent that rings restaurants on its own phone](https://daily.dev/posts/instinct-raised-1b-at-10b-for-an-ai-agent-that-rings-restaurants-on-its-own-phone-hhqbewdzn) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related](https://daily.dev/posts/instinct-founder-said-more-than-50-of-transactions-on-the-platform-are-travel-related-d8coq1ngm) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account](https://daily.dev/posts/instinct-brings-its-ai-agent-to-group-chats-even-for-friends-without-an-account-trqfv9mee) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cognition raises $1B at $26B valuation for AI coding agent](https://daily.dev/posts/cognition-raises-1b-at-26b-valuation-for-ai-coding-agent-sutswmzkz) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#venture-capital](https://daily.dev/tags/venture-capital), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/viral-ai-agent-instinct-raises-1b-series-c-at-a-10b-valuation-az1dhmmsh) ```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":"Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/viral-ai-agent-instinct-raises-1b-series-c-at-a-10b-valuation-az1dhmmsh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/viral-ai-agent-instinct-raises-1b-series-c-at-a-10b-valuation-az1dhmmsh"},"datePublished":"2026-09-28T13:39:05.610Z","dateModified":"2026-09-28T13:39:55.351Z","description":"AI assistant startup Instinct raised a $1 billion Series C at a $10 billion valuation, just a month after a prior round valued it at $2.5 billion. 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