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  "id": 7686320,
  "title": "Source: AI assistant Instinct seeks to raise $1B at a $10B valuation, up from $2.25B less than a month ago; Sequoia and Benchmark are in talks to lead the round (Valida Pau/The Information)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/source-ai-assistant-instinct-seeks-to-raise-1b-at-a-10b-valuation-up",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-16T02:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-agent-startup-instinct-talks-10-billion-valuation"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The startup behind personal AI assistant Instinct is in talks to raise $1 billion at a valuation of about $10 billion, a person with knowledge of the deal said.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Sequoia leads $180m round for AI marketing startup Profound",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sequoia-leads-180m-round-for-ai-marketing-startup-profound",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:32:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}