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title: "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"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-assistant-instinct-is-raising-a-250m-series-b-co-led-by-index-and-6eda2c40
published: 2026-08-27T10:00:03.518Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
---

# 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

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-08-27 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-assistant-instinct-is-raising-a-250m-series-b-co-led-by-index-and-6eda2c40

In this story: [Instinct](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/instinct), [Index Ventures](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/index-ventures), [Benchmark](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/benchmark)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-latest-viral-ai-assistant-rocketing-across-silicon-valley-abb46276)

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