Instinct Seeks $1 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation as AI Agent Startup Tackles Compute Economics

Instinct, the viral personal AI assistant that reached a $2.5 billion valuation just weeks after its Series B close, is now in early talks to raise as much as $1 billion at a valuation potentially reaching $10 billion, according to reporting from The Information. The funding pursuit reflects intensifying pressure from compute costs that strain the startup's free-to-use model as it scales.