Wabi 2.0: AI app maker Wabi turns into a messaging app that builds apps for you

What happened

According to TechCrunch, Wabi started out as an AI startup that let anyone build apps using prompts, meaning instructions written in everyday language rather than code. TechCrunch cites a September 28, 2026 post from Wabi's official X account in which the company introduced Wabi 2.0. Wabi calls it a new kind of messenger that makes apps and gets things done for users and their friends. The company also says it is building an operating system for the "agentic era", its term for a time when AI agents carry out tasks on people's behalf.

An AI agent is software that does not just answer questions but acts on requests, such as organizing information or completing tasks. TechCrunch notes that Wabi's pivot comes as demand grows for AI agents such as Meta's Muse and Instinct.

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The idea behind Wabi 2.0: conversation plus interfaces generated on the fly

As quoted by TechCrunch, Kuyda wrote on X that the more you use a chat-only agent, the worse the experience gets. She said your history and ongoing tasks end up buried in one endless scroll. In her view, people want to tap, scroll and look, not just type. They love what agents can do, but they also like software, and she wrote that "the most powerful agent will be the one that combines both."

According to TechCrunch, Wabi 2.0 works like this: when a user asks the agent to carry out a task, the agent can build a user interface on demand to help get it done. Kuyda's examples are organized by topic threads:

• Health thread: calorie tracker, strength-training log and weight-tracking tools.
• Family thread: a calendar of kids' activities, a language-learning app, an app to track local family activities, and other tools related to parenting, household management or children's interests.

As quoted by TechCrunch, Kuyda wrote: "So far, personal agents have been one person, one chat, a stream of one-off tasks." The future she envisions puts a user's agent, apps and people in one place.

The bigger industry picture

TechCrunch links Wabi's pivot to an industry trend: several companies are thinking about how apps can work inside more general-purpose chatbot interfaces. According to TechCrunch, OpenAI announced at its Dev Day an update to ChatGPT's plugins. The update lets apps offer interactive experiences inside ChatGPT and pins app names in a more visible spot in the sidebar.

In other words, on one side chatbots are "pulling" existing apps into the conversation. On the other, companies like Wabi let the agent "generate" apps within the conversation. Both approaches reflect the same problem: plain text chat may not be enough for everyday tasks that need long-term tracking and repeated checking.

What it means for everyday users

For everyday users, products like this could change how daily matters such as health records and family schedules are handled. Instead of downloading separate apps one by one, you could ask an AI agent in a conversation to create a suitable small tool. However, Wabi 2.0 is currently open only to users with invite codes, so most people cannot use it yet.

If you later use AI agents like this to record health or family information, a safer approach is to first find out how the service handles and stores personal data. Only enter information you are willing to hand over to a third-party service. The report does not mention any privacy or data-handling details for Wabi 2.0.

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