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Recent News about Index Ventures

• Instinct raises $250M Series B for AI personal assistant

  Instinct, a San Francisco based AI assistant startup founded by Noah Shinn, announced a $250 million Series B round on August 27 co led by Index Ventures and Benchmark, valuing the company at $2.5 billion and bringing total funding to $350 million. The agentic personal assistant remains in private beta while Instinct uses the new capital to scale product and infrastructure. ([tech-quire.com](https://tech-quire.com/articles/instinct-250-million-series-b-ai-assistant-index-ventures-benchmark-august-2026/))

  Source: TechQuire Post2026-08-29T21:07:01.424Z

• Instinct AI raises $250M Series B at $2.5B valuation

  On August 28, 2026, GenAI Daily reported that personal AI assistant startup Instinct, operated by Spear Street Technology, has raised a total of $350 million, including a recent $250 million Series B that values the company at $2.5 billion. The round is co‑led by Index Ventures and Benchmark, following earlier coverage in TechCrunch and other outlets. ([genaidaily.com](https://genaidaily.com/personal-ai-assistant-startup-instinct-raises-350m-at-2-5bn-value/?utm_source=openai))

  Source: GenAI Daily2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z

• Instinct AI assistant funding hits $350M at $2.5B valuation

  Coverage on August 27 confirmed that AI assistant startup Instinct has closed a $250 million Series B co‑led by Index Ventures and Benchmark, valuing the company at $2.5 billion and bringing total funding to about $350 million. The invite‑only agent, which reads and acts on users’ messages and tasks, has gone from early seed rounds to multibillion‑dollar valuation within months.

  Source: Yahoo Finance2026-08-27T21:22:07.899Z

• Marker raises $13m seed to launch human‑centric AI writing tool

  On July 13, 2026, London startup Marker revealed a $13 million seed round led by Index Ventures, with participation from LocalGlobe. The company is building an AI‑assisted word processor that augments, rather than replaces, human writing.

  Source: FoundersToday2026-07-13T11:00:00.000Z

• Taktile raises $110M Series C to scale AI decision agents

  On June 24, 2026 decisioning platform Taktile announced a $110 million Series C round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from Balderton, Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator and Dig Ventures. The company will use the capital to expand its agentic AI platform for automating high‑stakes banking and insurance decisions across the US, EMEA and Latin America.

  Source: Business Wire2026-06-24T21:10:12.512Z

• Wordsmith raises $70M to expand AI platform for in-house legal work

  Legal AI startup Wordsmith announced on June 3, 2026 a $70 million Series B round backed by Highland Europe and Index Ventures. The New York- and Edinburgh-based company says over 500 in-house teams now use its AI platform to route and complete legal work while reducing spend on outside law firms.

  Source: Newswire2026-06-03T21:08:57.812Z