AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience
cybersentinelnews.com · post 65735 · 2026-10-02
San Francisco, October 2 — In a significant shift, Wabi, an AI-powered app maker, has announced a pivot to a messaging experience, rebranding its platform as Wabi 2.0, an AI messenger designed to combine conversational interfaces with on-demand app creation. This move was announced by the company’s founder, Eugenia Kuyda, who previously founded the AI companion startup Replika.
Wabi 2.0 is described as a personal agent that does stuff for you and builds the interface you need in the moment, aiming to compete with AI agents that integrate conversations and productivity tasks, such as Meta’s Muse and Instinct. The new experience allows users to ask the agent to perform a task, which then generates a user interface on demand to help complete the request.
For example, creating a calorie tracker, weightlifting log, or weight tracker within a health-related conversation thread, or a calendar for kids’ activities, language learning app, or local event tracker within a family-focused thread.
The Pivot and Its Implications
The pivot comes amid broader industry shifts, including OpenAI’s announcement at its DevDay event on an update to ChatGPT’s plug-ins that enables apps to offer interactive experiences within ChatGPT, with app names pinned more visibly in the sidebar.
Kuyda argued in a post on X that chat-only agents lead to buried history and tasks in endless scrolls, and that users want to ‘tap-tap-tap, scroll, and look’ in addition to typing, emphasizing that ‘the most powerful agent will be the one that combines both.’ This shift in focus is significant, as the original version of Wabi allowed users to build apps using prompts, but Wabi 2.0 shifts focus to integrating app creation directly into messaging workflows, positioning itself as an operating system for the agentic era.
The company stated it is building ‘software that adapts to your life, gets things done, and makes more room for the people and things that matter.’
Availability and Access
Wabi 2.0 is currently available only by invite code, which is being distributed on X. The announcement of Wabi 2.0 comes at a time of significant innovation and competition in the AI-powered messaging and productivity space. With companies like Meta and OpenAI also developing and refining their own AI-powered tools and platforms, the market is becoming increasingly competitive.
However, Wabi’s focus on integrating app creation directly into messaging workflows and its emphasis on creating a personal agent that can adapt to users’ needs and preferences may help it stand out in a crowded field. As Kuyda noted, the most powerful agent will be the one that combines both conversational interfaces and on-demand app creation, suggesting that Wabi 2.0 is well-positioned to meet the evolving needs of users.
As the AI-powered messaging and productivity space continues to evolve, it will be interesting to see how Wabi 2.0 and other platforms like it develop and improve over time. With its focus on creating a personal agent that can adapt to users’ needs and preferences, Wabi 2.0 has the potential to make a significant impact on the way people communicate and get things done.
Looking ahead, it will be important to watch how Wabi 2.0 develops and expands its features and capabilities, as well as how it navigates the competitive AI-powered messaging and productivity landscape. As the company continues to refine and improve its platform, it will be exciting to see what the future holds for Wabi 2.0 and its users.