AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience

Wabi started out as a prompt-based app maker. Now the startup is shifting toward something closer to an AI messenger, while still keeping the ability to generate apps when a task needs one.

The new version is called Wabi 2.0, and founder Eugenia Kuyda says it should feel like a personal agent that gets things done and builds the interface needed in the moment. Kuyda also founded Replika, the AI companion company, which gives the move a familiar shape: less pure tooling, more conversational utility.

That puts Wabi in a different fight. The original pitch lived in the vibe-coding orbit, where people use prompts to create software. Wabi 2.0 is aiming at the newer batch of AI agents that mix chat and productivity inside the same window, the kind companies like Meta and OpenAI are pushing in different ways. OpenAI’s ChatGPT plugins update, announced at Dev Day, points in that direction too, with apps becoming more visible and interactive inside the chatbot.

Kuyda’s argument is that chat alone gets messy. Tasks pile up in one long scroll, and the experience gets worse the more you use it. People want to type, sure, but they also want to tap, scroll, and look. In her telling, the best agent won’t just answer — it will build the right software around the request.

Wabi’s examples are practical rather than flashy: calorie trackers, weightlifting logs, weight trackers, a kids’ activities calendar, a language-learning app, and tools for local family events or household management. The app is invite-only for now, with codes being handed out on X.