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title: "Instinct"
type: entity
entity_type: company
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/instinct
updated: 2026-10-17T13:00:00.000Z
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# Instinct

> Instinct is an AI startup that builds a personal AI agent product.

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/instinct

- **Type:** Company
- **Signals:** 11
- **First seen:** Aug 26, 2026
- **Last seen:** Oct 17, 2026

## Recent signals

- [Websites are closing their doors to AI agents](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/websites-are-closing-their-doors-to-ai-agents-85b806c2) (Oct 17, 2026)
- [Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's decision to launch Muse despite safety concerns, after seeing that AI startup Instinct's similar agent product gained traction (Eli Tan/New York Times)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-detail-mark-zuckerbergs-decision-to-launch-muse-despite-safety-78aa6f2d) (Oct 9, 2026)
- [Meta, Walmart, Instinct, Shopify, Sierra, Stripe, and others publish the Personal Agent Protocol to standardize and secure how AI bots interact with businesses (Kate Rooney/CNBC)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/meta-walmart-instinct-shopify-sierra-stripe-and-others-publish-the-62179808) (Oct 6, 2026)
- [Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/instinct-brings-its-ai-agent-to-group-chats-even-for-friends-without-ff025129) (Oct 5, 2026)
- [Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/viral-ai-agent-instinct-raises-1b-series-c-at-a-10b-valuation-f624d481) (Sep 28, 2026)
- [AI agent startup Instinct raised a $1B Series C from Sequoia, Benchmark, and Coatue at a $10B valuation and details recent products, such as a concierge service (Utkarsh Shetti/Reuters)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-agent-startup-instinct-raised-a-1b-series-c-from-sequoia-benchmark-56bba3d6) (Sep 28, 2026)
- [Muse sure looks a lot like OpenClaw](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/muse-sure-looks-a-lot-like-openclaw-bef68e07) (Sep 24, 2026)
- [Sources: Index Ventures dropped plans to invest in AI assistant Town after Instinct, which Index is backing, complained about a potential conflict of interest (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-index-ventures-dropped-plans-to-invest-in-ai-assistant-town-0389ca25) (Sep 3, 2026)
- [AI assistant Instinct is raising a $250M Series B co-led by Index and Benchmark at a $2.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $350M since its 2025 founding](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-assistant-instinct-is-raising-a-250m-series-b-co-led-by-index-and-f1f8af2f) (Aug 27, 2026)
- [AI assistant Instinct is raising a $250M Series B co-led by Index and Benchmark at a $2.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $350M since its 2025 founding](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-assistant-instinct-is-raising-a-250m-series-b-co-led-by-index-and-6eda2c40) (Aug 27, 2026)
- [Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/viral-ai-startup-instinct-has-raised-350m-at-a-2-5b-valuation-v745d673f) (Aug 26, 2026)

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