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News Summary

  • Eugenia Kuyda founded Replika, the first major AI companion startup, in 2017.
  • Now she's back with a new startup called Wabi, which she describes as YouTube for apps.
  • Wabi is a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly create mini apps and share them with friends.
  • It has raised $20 million in pre-seed funding from a stellar list of angels, including AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant and Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan.
EugeniaKuydasaw the future of consumer AI before most. She foundedReplika, the first major AI companion startup, in 2017years before ChatGPT launched. Today it has35 million users.NowKuyda [+6733 chars]

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