Wabi, the AI startup that let users create apps through simple prompts, is making a modest shift in direction as interest in AI agents—such as Meta's Muse and Instinct—continues to surge. This week, the company revealed that Wabi is transforming into a kind of AI messenger, though it retains the ability to generate apps that help users accomplish tasks. Founder Eugenia Kuyda, who previously established the AI companion startup Replika, characterized Wabi 2.0 as a "personal agent that does stuff for you and builds the interface you need in the moment."

The core value proposition resembles what the original Wabi offered, but the way users engage with it has changed. Rather than competing with other vibe-coding tools, Wabi 2.0 is positioning itself against AI agents that merge conversation and productivity functions into a single interface. This move comes as companies like OpenAI are rethinking how apps will function within their broader chatbot interfaces—OpenAI announced at its Dev Day an update to ChatGPT's plugins that will let apps deliver interactive experiences inside ChatGPT, with app names pinned more prominently on the sidebar.

In a post on X, Kuyda explained why Wabi's new approach better serves consumers who want more than just typing to an agent. "The more you use a chat-only agent, the worse the experience gets. Your history and ongoing tasks end up buried in one endless scroll. People don't just want to type-type-type; They want to tap-tap-tap, scroll, and look. They love what agents can do, but they also like software," she wrote. "The most powerful agent will be the one that combines both."

The concept is that when a user asks the agent to complete a task, it can generate a user interface on demand to help fulfill whatever the request might be. For example, Kuyda suggested users could create tools like a calorie tracker, a weightlifting log, and a weight tracker, all accessible within her thread about health-related topics. In another thread centered on family, users could build a calendar of the kids' activities, a language learning app, an app that tracks local kid-friendly events, and other resources related to parenting, household management, or children's interests.

"So far, personal agents have been one person, one chat, a stream of one-off tasks. We think the future is your agent, your apps, and your people in one place, running the parts of life that matter most, together," Kuyda wrote. The new Wabi 2.0 app is currently accessible only through invite codes, which are also being distributed on X.