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AGI Inc.’s Android app can use your phone for you

AGI, Inc., an AI startup that’s reportedly valued at $500 million, has been developing AI assistants that can use devices the way that humans do. The company at CES 2026 was demonstrating its Android app — still in private beta (waitlist required) — which can use any app on your phone on your behalf. For instance, you could tell the app to call you an Uber, change your wallpaper, put your phone on silent, add chicken wings to your DoorDash order, send a message on LinkedIn, and much more.

To work, the company has built its own custom AI models using reinforcement learning. Internally, AGI, Inc. simulated different Android applications in-house, so the AI knows what the different apps look like. It also leveraged human-provided data from annotators. The app, meanwhile, leverages a combination of accessibility features (after you grant it permission) to navigate and take actions on your phone.

From the app’s home screen, you can speak or text a command, or choose from the suggested actions. The AI then takes the action for you.

Currently, the company is running GPUs in the cloud, but its goal is to make the whole model run locally — something it expects can be done over the next six months. It’s also working with partners like Qualcomm and Samsung to further integrate its tech into devices.

The startup is backed by $10 million from Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, and other top VCs. It’s headed by Div Garg, who was working on his PhD in AI at Stanford before leaving to create his own companies. His earlier company, MultiOn, had pioneered AI browser agents.

Currently, 30,000 people have signed up for the waitlist, and the company will gradually open up access.

Correction: The amount raised is $10M, not $30M. This story was updated after publication to correct this.