Eugenia Kuyda's newest startup Wabi is positioned to take advantage of an idea she had more than a decade ago. Wabi offers a personal AI assistant with a twist, free and downloadable to anyone today.
Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago

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Eugenia Kuyda launched IO at TechCrunch Disrupt 12 years ago, leading to Luka and later Replika, now she launched Wabi as a personal AI assistant.
- Kuyda presented IO, a chatbot, at TechCrunch Disrupt 12 years ago.
- Luka evolved into Replika, and Kuyda later founded Wabi.
- Wabi is a personal AI assistant allowing multiple task-specific threads.
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