Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns
Amid the criticism, Instinct’s team hasn’t yet responded to anyone’s concerns or complaints on X, preferring to keep a low profile. (The bot itself identifies Luca Borletti, also formerly of Sierra, as being involved with the company, but that has not been confirmed.) TechCrunch has heard from multiple investors that Kleiner Perkins and Conviction have invested in the startup and those rounds have now closed.
I’ve been using Instinct every day for the last week now. It’s been awesome for travel booking, rebookings, restaurant reservations, email follow-ups, CRM management, even working on our data room for LPs. I’ve tried Hermes, OpenClaw, Tasklet, GrokBot but Instinct takes the cake…
— Jesse Middleton (@srcasm) August 22, 2026
Requests for comment sent to both the startup’s main email address and Shinn directly have not yet been returned.
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