Summary
Greg Isenberg and Remy take viewers inside Instinct AI, the invite-only personal agent app reportedly raising at a $10 billion valuation. The hands-on walkthrough runs entirely through Apple iMessage, showing the agent handling real tasks: booking a desk rental in Bali, filling out visa-on-arrival forms, and — in a genuinely surprising demo — playing iMessage Game Pigeon cup pong and winning. The hosts highlight Instinct’s context-aware memory, which carries details from earlier conversations into new ones without being prompted, and its proactive nudges, such as alerting users to a same-day booking cutoff the morning of a reservation.
The video frames Instinct as what OpenClaw and Hermes Agent could be for non-technical users — the same underlying capability packaged with radically simpler onboarding. Remy argues that the mass-consumer personal agent market has been underserved because most AI tools assume too much technical fluency, and Instinct’s iMessage-native interface sidesteps that entirely.
Privacy is flagged as a serious concern. Multiple users, including Peter Yang and another researcher identified as Cla, reported that Instinct continued indexing and retaining email data after they disconnected their Google accounts. The hosts review specific language in Instinct’s terms and conditions around data retention and recommend anyone with privacy sensitivities read the fine print before connecting accounts.
📺 Source: Greg Isenberg · Published September 15, 2026
🏷️ Format: Review
