Company record
Instinct
Updated October 19, 2026 · Presspool
Instinct is building a personal agent for everyday life: text or call it, and it uses its own phone and computer to get tasks done. instinct.com
Funding
Latest announced financing: $1 billion, Series C, announced September 28, 2026.
- $1 billion Series C, announced September 28, 2026. Investors: Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital and Coatue. Valuation: $10 billion. Listed in the AI startup funding roster for September 28, 2026 – October 3, 2026. Sources: Business Wire, TechCrunch.
Of the 11 Series C rounds announced in dollars on Presspool's weekly rosters since September 21, 2026, Instinct's $1 billion is the largest; their median is $140 million.
Whether AI names Instinct
- Machine Relations Index: Not cited in any Machine Relations Index answer, May 10, 2026 to October 18, 2026.
Related records
Closest rounds in the roster for September 28, 2026 – October 3, 2026: PaleBlueDot AI ($200 million Series C, October 1, 2026), SiMa.ai ($150 million Series C, September 28, 2026), CScale ($145 million Series C, September 30, 2026), Metaview ($60 million Series C, September 30, 2026), EliseAI ($350 million, round type not disclosed, September 29, 2026), Armadin ($255.5 million Series B, October 1, 2026).
Sequoia Capital, named as an investor in this round, led Healthleap ($38 million Seed and Series A, October 7, 2026), Mecka ($60 million Series B, October 7, 2026), Parallel Web Systems ($100M Series B, April 29, 2026), ElevenLabs ($500M Series D, February 4, 2026) and fal ($140 million Series D, December 9, 2025). It is also named as an investor in TypeSafe AI ($870 million Series A, October 9, 2026).
Coatue, named as an investor in this round, led Sunday Robotics ($165 million Series B, March 12, 2026). It is also named as an investor in Miter ($40 million Series B, September 30, 2026).