Updates on Instinct

Every AI story we track on Instinct: 43 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

Pulled from 125 sources

This week

Agents8 min read

I put Muse, Dot, and Instinct to the test. There was a clear winner, but not because it worked best.

Business Insider
Consumer Tech5 min read

Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago

Covered by 2 sources

This month

Consumer Tech5 min read

Websites are closing their doors to AI agents

The Verge
Consumer Tech3 min read

Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home

TechCrunch
Cybersecurity8 min read

Bring Your Own Agent: Your Employees' Assistants Are Already Logged In

The Hacker News
Finance5 min read

Your AI agent wants your money back — and that could mean trouble for these companies

Business Insider

Shoppers find AI agents need a short leash — unless you need 20 pounds of chicken wings

Business Insider
Agents8 min read

Instinct was the buzziest AI agent around — can it survive Muse?

The Verge

Meta Wants to Write the Industry Standards for Safe Agentic Commerce, Report Says

Covered by 5 sources
Agents3 min read

Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account

Covered by 2 sources
Consumer Tech6 min read

Early users are deleting personal AI agents, citing privacy scares and blunders

Business Insider
Consumer Tech5 min read

Instinct users say its new shopping feature is pushing products they never asked for

Business Insider

AI Agents Are Offering to Run Your Life. Should You Let Them?

The Wall Street Journal

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Almost All About AI

Crunchbase
Consumer Tech5 min read

The ugly economics of consumer AI

Covered by 2 sources
Agents4 min read

This entrepreneur treated an AI agent like a colleague. Then it started doing the work.

Business Insider
Consumer Tech5 min read

Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick

TechCrunch
Agents3 min read

Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related

TechCrunch

AI Agent Startup Instinct Raises $1 Billion at $10 Billion Value

Covered by 4 sources
Consumer Tech4 min read

Instinct creator says it'd be a 'very dangerous world' if the AI agent tried to influence users to make purchases

Business Insider

Muse is supposed to make money when you use it to shop. What happens if you just don't shop that much?

Business Insider
Society & Culture6 min read

I asked Instinct to plan 2 trips for me — and it sucked all the joy out of traveling

Business Insider
Agents8 min read

Couples are using a viral AI agent to do their emotional labor. It’s been helpful — and chaotic.

Business Insider
Consumer Tech8 min read

5 BI staffers who put AI agents to work share what worked and what went wrong

Business Insider
Agents6 min read

Muse sure looks a lot like OpenClaw

Covered by 2 sources
Agents6 min read

I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk

Wired
Agents3 min read

Instinct users say they've noticed a slowdown with the buzzy AI agent

Business Insider
Consumer Tech6 min read

The personal AI agent horror stories are rolling in

Business Insider
Agents3 min read

Instinct's founder says the viral AI agent's hallucinations can spit out what looks like a stranger's data

Business Insider
Travel6 min read

I used Muse, Instinct, and Grok Bot to plan my European vacation. Meta's AI agent was my favorite.

Business Insider

Instinct took Silicon Valley by storm. Meet the 'brilliant' 23-year-old college dropout who started it.

Business Insider

The tech battle to build your AI assistant

Axios
Agents6 min read

AI agents are ready to run your life. Do you trust them?

Business Insider

Are AI bots like Instinct and Meta's Muse going to shop for you? And what happens if they do?

Business Insider
Agents3 min read

Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta’s Muse, both add the ability to make calls

TechCrunch

Apple Finally Built a Smarter Siri. It Still Hasn’t Caught Up in the AI Race.

The Wall Street Journal
Agents4 min read

Viral AI assistant Instinct now has its own email address

TechCrunch
Consumer Tech5 min read

This VC used AI to try to snag a restaurant reservation. Resy wasn't having it

Business Insider
Consumer Tech5 min read

Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race

TechCrunch
Agents4 min read

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Tools And Assistants Lead Sparser Lineup Of Megadeals

Crunchbase
Agents2 min read

Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation

TechCrunch
That's everything we have on Instinct right now