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Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation

In Brief Posted: 5:24 PM PDT · August 26, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images Instinct, a startup founded only last year and helmed by a 23-year-old, has managed to ride the wave of AI enthusiasm toward a gargantuan valuation over the course of the summer. The company, which offers an AI assistant that has inspired enthusiasm among its early users, told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that it had raised $250 million in a recent Series B funding round.