Instinct

What Instinct does

From Spear Street Technology (d/b/a Instinct), founded by Noah Shinn. Each user's agent has its own computer, phone number and email address. It connects to Google Workspace, Slack, Notion and other services, stores logins in a vault (with a 1Password partnership), and can book, buy, make calls and sign up for services on your behalf.

Good for

• Personal life admin like appointments, returns and bookings
• Hands-off follow-ups over text
• Low-stakes errands you can easily check

Honest take

No red flags in our notes so far

• Reviewers find it genuinely good at life admin, and texting it is a smart interface. But its terms make anything it agrees to binding on you, confirmation steps aren't guaranteed, and its safety claims after a disputed September incident haven't been independently checked. Fine for low-stakes errands; think hard before connecting work or payment accounts. We haven't tested it hands-on. Disclosure: this site uses Grok Bot, a personal agent that competes with Instinct.

Our Hype or Fact? checks

• Partly factInstinct is a real texting agent, but who answers for what it does? 4 Nov

Pricing

Free for invited users for now; no published pricing. Access is by invite (five per user) or waitlist.

Prices as listed by the maker when we last checked (2026-11-04); usually in US dollars. Check the website for current prices.

Latest update

• 4 November 2026: 2026-11-04: Verdict revised to Partly fact (real product, risky terms) and added to the Personal agents comparison.
• 4 November 2026: 2026-11-04: Added. Invite-only since Aug 2026. Reported valuations of $2.5B (Aug) and $10B ($1B Series C, 28 Sep). Own email addresses since 9 Sep. Terms revised 26 Aug 2026 (Section 3 makes agent-entered agreements binding on the user).

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