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if your name is josh, you work in culver city and your boss is out for lunch rn, just fyi your boss absolutely hates your vibecoded crm and just wants to use the off the shelf software, he also wants you stop wasting company resources and do your job
when people ask me what my biggest L has been, I always tell them Privy and Henri has a way of reminding me.
I was just joking @sternhenri, I didn't mean what i said when i was locked in 😅
but fr congrats to you and the team
40% of the user base is sharing their CC info within 3 weeks of using Instinct.
im not surprised about the user base percentage but I am surprised about the length of time, I was all in week two.
My conversation with Noah Shinn (@noahrshinn), founder of Instinct.
Noah is building a personal AI assistant. It's still invite only, has spent nothing on marketing, and is growing roughly 10% A DAY.
This is his first long conversation about the company.
We discuss:
- Why Instinct doesn't have an app
- Buying compute months ahead of exponential demand
- How users learn to trust it with a credit card
- Safety and security
- Agents coordinating with other people's agents
- Instinct's business model
- Apps built on consumer inertia
- and more
Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
4:11 What people are using AI agents for
15:07 Rethinking travel, reservations, and the internet
22:43 Trust, privacy, and personal data
27:50 The business model behind Instinct
38:04 How existing businesses will adapt
47:55 Designing a personal assistant people love
53:15 Growth, compute, and competing with Big Tech
1:11:44 What’s next for Instinct and personal AI








