Wabi opens public access to AI assistant with shared chats

An assistant that builds tools inside conversations

Wabi opened its personal artificial intelligence assistant to public access on October 19, 2026. It organizes tasks and longer-term goals into separate messaging threads that users can share as group chats.

Unite.AI reports that downloads are available for iOS, Android and Mac without a waitlist. That follows an invite-only rollout that began September 28, 2026, according to the report.

Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda founded Wabi after leaving her role as Replika CEO in 2025. Wabi’s earlier offering focused on letting users describe small apps through written requests, then share those apps with others.

The current version, Wabi 2.0, puts more of that setup in the assistant’s hands. Kuyda says connecting email prompts Wabi to create initial conversation threads and apps automatically. Users can still request apps and start threads themselves.

That changes the starting point: users can let the assistant choose tools to build instead of supplying every idea themselves. In a walkthrough for TechCrunch, Kuyda showed shared threads with tools for restaurant suggestions, live music, family schedules and nearby children’s events.

Shared chats bring data choices into focus

For people using Wabi with family or friends, the scope of information sharing matters. Kuyda says access to shared personal information is limited to individual chats. Participants can also see when someone’s personal information is requested, she says.

According to Wabi’s store descriptions, as reported by Unite.AI, users choose which data connections to authorize and can disconnect them. Those descriptions also say users must approve important actions.

Kuyda says Wabi runs entirely in the cloud—on remote servers—and stores most user data in the United States. Together, these company-described controls give users specific choices to consider before connecting personal information or sharing a thread.

Wabi is free for now, and the company has not settled on a business model. Public access lets more people try its approach, while how the company will charge or otherwise fund the service remains unresolved.