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Wabi, founded by Eugenia Kuyda (formerly of Replika), raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation after repositioning itself as 'Wabi 2.0' — a messenger-style personal AI agent that builds mini apps and task interfaces. The round was led by IVP and included investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Forerunner, the Amazon Alexa Fund, and several notable angel backers.
The article reports that President Trump announced plans to rebrand “artificial intelligence” as “super intelligence,” and that several prominent tech CEOs and firms — including Elon Musk, Marc Benioff, Jensen Huang, and Satya Nadella — have used or signaled support for the term; it also cites a reported executive order and mentions Nvidia’s claimed $1 billion commitment to “super intelligence” research. The piece frames these moves as Silicon Valley aligning with the administration’s preferred terminology.
At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff hosted sessions where AI leaders including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang publicly debated whether the industry should ‘pace’ AI development to reduce catastrophic risks or continue rapid progress without new regulation. The discussion followed an Anthropic resignation and public warnings about self-improving systems, with other figures including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, White House adviser David Sacks, and President Trump taking divergent positions.
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