Wabi is a consumer platform built around the idea of user-generated software, created by Eugenia Kuyda, the founder of the AI companion app Replika. Wabi lets anyone describe an app in plain language and instantly generates a working mini-app, handling all the underlying complexity, from designing the user interface and creating an icon to setting up databases and logic. The goal is to remove every technical barrier so that people with no background in coding or technology can turn ideas from their daily lives into functional software in moments.
The platform is explicitly social, which is why it is often described as the YouTube of apps. Rather than each creation living in isolation, Wabi lets users share the mini-apps they build with friends and discover, use, and remix apps made by others. This social, remixable model reframes software creation as a form of everyday self-expression and collaboration, similar to how video platforms turned anyone into a creator. Kuyda has framed Wabi as pioneering a user-generated software movement.
Wabi reflects a broader shift in consumer AI toward letting end users generate not just content but tools. By collapsing the distance between an idea and a working app, Wabi targets a mainstream audience that has never written code but constantly imagines small utilities, trackers, games, or helpers they wish existed. The emphasis on sharing and remixing is designed to create a flywheel of creativity and discovery.
Wabi raised a $20 million pre-seed round announced in November 2025, an unusually large pre-seed that reflects investor conviction in the founder and the vision. Backers include AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan, Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, Replit CEO Amjad Masad, Notion co-founder Akshay Kothari, Neuralink co-founder DJ Seo, Array Ventures founder Shruti Gandhi, and Conviction founder Sarah Guo, with a16z also publicly announcing its investment.
Wabi is best suited for curious consumers and creators who want to build personalized apps and share them socially without learning to code. Its bet is that the future of software is participatory, with everyday people generating and remixing the tools they need rather than waiting for developers to build them.