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Sensor Tower estimates put Muse among 12 mobile apps to reach 10 million U.S. downloads within 40 days.
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A post announcing the funding names Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures as co-leads and describes employee-specific “Townies.”
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A post says Decagon hired a bank to evaluate inbound interest but could raise funding instead.
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ChatGPT says users can securely connect accounts with Plaid and Experian for answers about money and credit.
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A user citing The Information puts Muse’s total weekly users at 4 million-plus and daily users at 1 million-plus.
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In a conversation with founder Noah Shinn, the interviewer says Instinct has spent nothing on marketing. They also discuss why the personal AI assistant has no app and how users learn to trust it with a credit card.
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A user says the partnership lets people plan and book hotels and flights inside Meta’s agent, and argues Expedia is better off handling agents’ bookings.
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A co-host framed the event around two different approaches: Town's AI assistant that “learns you” and Monk's agents for managing accounts receivable.
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The partnership announcement promises easier shopping and checkout in Muse. A post discussing the deal says it will enable Shop Pay checkout across Shopify stores.
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A user testing the three bots says Muse was consistently 2–3 times faster on the same tasks, but even simple requests still took more than five minutes.
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A post citing The Information says Sequoia and Benchmark are looking to lead the round for a free product with 100,000-plus users and no revenue.
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An investor says the tool uses owners’ QuickBooks and ServiceTitan data to value trades businesses, compare them with peers and identify the levers with the biggest impact on their value.
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An April 29, 2026 post said the finance AI platform had announced a $160 million Series D led by Kleiner Perkins at a roughly $2 billion valuation.
