Skye<\/a>, an iPhone app nonetheless in non-public testing, desires to alter how folks work together with AI on their smartphones. And even earlier than it\u2019s launched, it\u2019s already attracted curiosity on-line and from buyers and \u201ctens of 1000’s\u201d of customers, in keeping with its creator \u2014\u00a0an indication that buyers would possibly need a extra AI-aware iPhone.<\/p>\n As an alternative of launching an app or chatting with an AI chatbot, the startup is working to design an \u201cagentic homescreen\u201d for the iPhone, utilizing iOS widgets as its interface.<\/p>\n By way of these widgets, Skye would carry a form of ambient intelligence to your machine, providing customized insights about your native climate, your present context, your well being, and extra, in keeping with a submit<\/a> from its creator, who goes by sign\u00fcll<\/a> on X. The app may draft e mail replies, allow you to along with your assembly prep, ship reminders, and flag suspicious expenses in your financial institution accounts. Its creator additionally claims it may possibly present location-specific suggestions and extra details about native companies, neighborhoods, and points of interest when you\u2019re out and about.<\/p>\n A lot of this information can be pulled in via licensed connections granted by the person.<\/p>\n The app, which is being constructed<\/a> by a small group from the startup Signull Labs<\/a>, has already attracted investor consideration, regardless of not but having a public product.<\/p>\n In accordance to an SEC submitting<\/a>, the startup has raised north of $3.58 million in pre-seed funding, in a spherical that closed in September 2025. Pitchbook<\/a> additionally at present lists New York-based Signull Labs\u2019 funding together with a post-money valuation of $19.5 million.<\/p>\n Since asserting the startup\u2019s plans on X, sign\u00fcll, whose identify TechCrunch confirmed as Nirav Savjani in keeping with the SEC filings<\/a> and different paperwork, claims the app has added \u201ctens of 1000’s\u201d of customers to the waitlist. This metric, if correct, would counsel sturdy client curiosity in a extra AI-aware iPhone. (And doubtlessly, the likelihood {that a} new kind of AI machine, just like the rumored OpenAI smartphone<\/a>, may have an opportunity.)<\/p>\n holy fuck the response to yesterday’s lunch has been completely unreal. ~million views on our video, tens of 1000’s added to a waitlist that was already 25k+, & tons of & tons of of emails & DMs from buyers & ppl genuinely enthusiastic about what we’re constructing. our discord is\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/jqtU9zELqH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 sign\u00fcll (@signulll) April 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n TechCrunch spoke to sign\u00fcll, who shared extra concerning the product and funding, underneath the situation of defending his pseudonymity. TechCrunch declined, as signull\u2019s identify is listed publicly within the SEC filings establishing Signull Labs. (TechCrunch mentioned we might nonetheless be completely satisfied to publish an interview with him when he\u2019s ready to go on the report.)<\/p>\n The founder famous he\u2019s beforehand labored at Google and Meta, although he has no apparent LinkedIn presence. He additionally informed TechCrunch that Skye\u2019s early backers included a16z<\/a> (Andreesen Horowitz), True Ventures, SV Angel, and different people. Offline Ventures<\/a> additionally lists Signull Labs in its on-line portfolio, we discovered.<\/p>\n Since asserting Skye, Savjani has appeared on the TBPN podcast<\/a> as his avatar and has been posting on X<\/a> about his use of the app. <\/p>\n He informed TechCrunch that the Skye app plans to launch to its waitlist of customers quickly, although he declined to provide specifics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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