Agent
Instinct
AI agent · Agent · Runs on Web
Made by Instinct
Instinct is a personal artificial intelligence agent developed by Spear Street Technology, Inc., a San Francisco-based startup founded by Noah Shinn. The agent is reached by text message or phone call rather than through a dedicated app.
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“Instinct is a personal artificial intelligence agent developed by Spear Street Technology, Inc., a San Francisco-based startup founded by Noah Shinn.”
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Agent Infrastructure
Data Backs 4 of Greg Isenberg's 18 New Takes
Part two: Greg Isenberg posted 18 more San Francisco takes on Oct. 15, and published data backs four of them as hard trends.
Capital & Markets
Agents and Authority: Sunday's Signal
Instinct's founder raises $1 billion in a month as critics question its access to users' inboxes, Anthropic commits $100 million to train Claude's engineers, and Washington names a new AI czar.
Consumer AI
Noah Shinn Turns Privacy Complaints Into a $10 Billion Round
Instinct's founder raised $1 billion in a month while critics like Katie Jacobs Stanton and Michael Mignano warned his agent's data license outruns its safeguards.
Policy & Regulation
Superintelligence and Self-Policing: Wednesday's Signal
Six executives promised the White House they would police their own AI models, while Anthropic warned a rival's open model already builds working exploits.
Agent Infrastructure
OpenAI Launches Dots, Agents That Start Work Before You Ask
OpenAI unveiled dots at DevDay on Tuesday: always-on agents with their own cloud computers that read your connected apps and act on what they find. Pro plans from $100 a month and Business Premium get them first, with Pro held back in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
Capital & Markets
Valuations and Vacancies: Monday's Signal
Meta hired away MongoDB's chief executive, Instinct's valuation quadrupled in six weeks, and Nvidia opened a $150 billion buyback the same day it launched a system to police runaway agents.

