Instinct AI Funding: $1B Series C at a $10B Valuation
Instinct raised $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation on September 28, 2026, a month after its $2.5 billion round. Who invested, and what is still open.
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Instinct raised $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation on September 28, 2026, a month after its $2.5 billion round. Who invested, and what is still open.
Why Instinct AI triggered a backlash: retained Gmail copies, a prompt-injection test, unapproved actions, outages, and training on your data by default.
OpenAI excludes connector data from training and keeps an indexed copy of your mail. The four risks worth weighing, and how to reduce each one.