How Wabi is Building “YouTube for Software” with a Platform for Creating Mini Apps

About this episode

Eugenia Kuyda discusses her journey in tech and how Wabi is revolutionizing software creation with mini apps.

Eugenia Kuyda is the founder and CEO of Wabi, an AI-powered personal software platform that lets anyone create, share, and remix mini apps in minutes. Before Wabi, Eugenia founded Replika, one of the world’s first AI companion apps, which she grew to 40M+ users over the course of a decade. A native of Moscow, Eugenia began her career as a journalist before pivoting to tech and founding the YC-backed startup Luka in 2014, which ultimately pivoted into Replika. She holds a Master’s in Journalis...

People in this episode

Host: Phil Carter

Guest: Eugenia Kuyda

Topics covered

• AI-powered software
• mini apps
• entrepreneurship
• tech innovation
• personal software

Keywords

• Wabi
• Eugenia Kuyda
• mini apps
• AI
• Replika
• software platform
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wabi, Replika, Luka

Places: Moscow

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