Wabi, the startup that previously let anyone construct apps from prompts, announced this week that it is shifting its product toward an agentic, messenger-like experience called Wabi 2.0. The change comes as interest grows in AI agents such as Meta’s Muse and Instinct.
The company’s founder, Eugenia Kuyda — who also founded the AI companion startup Replika — described Wabi 2.0 as a “personal agent that does stuff for you and builds the interface you need in the moment.” The aim is to combine conversational AI with the ability to create small, task-specific user interfaces so the agent can both chat and help complete tasks in a more visual, tappable way.
In posts on X (formerly Twitter), Kuyda argued that chat-only agents become harder to use over time because history and ongoing tasks get buried in a single endless scroll. She wrote that people don’t only want to type; they want to tap, scroll and look. According to Kuyda, the most powerful agent will be the one that merges conversational capabilities with traditional software interfaces.
Practically, Wabi 2.0 would generate interfaces on demand as users ask the agent to perform tasks. Kuyda suggested examples such as a calorie tracker, a weightlifting log or a weight tracker for health-related needs. For family-focused scenarios she suggested apps like a children’s activity calendar, a language-learning app, or an app that aggregates local kid-friendly events. Kuyda said the future should be “your agent, your apps, and your people in one place,” handling the parts of life that matter together.
The shift aligns with broader industry developments: companies like OpenAI are exploring how apps will work inside generalized chatbot interfaces. At its Dev Day, OpenAI announced an update to ChatGPT’s plugins to allow apps to deliver interactive experiences within ChatGPT and to make the app’s name more visible in the sidebar.
Wabi 2.0 is currently available by invite only; invitation codes are being distributed via Wabi’s account on X. The company frames the effort as building an operating system for an agentic era — software that adapts to users’ lives, performs tasks, and frees up time for people and activities that matter.
