Investors back Skye's AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch
Skye's new AI app attracted investors before it even launched — a sign of interest in a more AI-aware iPhone.
TL;DR
- Skye is an iPhone app designed as an "agentic homescreen" using iOS widgets to provide ambient intelligence.
- The app offers personalized insights on weather, health, context, drafts emails, prepares for meetings, sends reminders, and flags suspicious charges.
- Signull Labs, the startup behind Skye, has raised over $3.58 million in pre-seed funding and has a post-money valuation of $19.5 million.
- The app has attracted "tens of thousands" of users to its waitlist, indicating strong consumer interest.
- Early backers include a16z, True Ventures, SV Angel, and Offline Ventures.
- The founder, Nirav Savjani (known as signüll), previously worked at Google and Meta.