Startup profile for Sky: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Sky funding, valuation and investors

Agentic AI iPhone home screen replacing static app grids with proactive widgets.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Pre-Seed

$3.58M+ · September 2025

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

Not publicly disclosed

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

pre seed

Investors in latest funding

Other: Andreessen Horowitz

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Sky (built by Signull Labs) is an iPhone app in private testing that replaces the traditional home-screen icon grid with an agentic, AI-driven widget layer. Instead of opening apps or chatbots, users get ambient intelligence via iOS widgets — drafting email replies, prepping for meetings, sending reminders, and flagging suspicious bank charges based on authorized data connections. Founder Nirav Savjani (ex-Google and Meta) raised north of $3.58M in pre-seed funding closing September 2025, with Andreessen Horowitz, True Ventures, SV Angel, and Offline Ventures participating per SEC filings and TechCrunch. The product remains pre-launch with tens of thousands on waitlists as of press coverage in 2025–2026.

Why Sky is interesting

Signull Labs raised a16z-backed pre-seed before public launch — ambient agents draft emails and flag charges from iOS widgets, not chat prompts.

Product & use cases

Sky uses iOS widgets as an agentic home screen — background agents continuously process email, calendar, location, and finance signals to surface actions and information without opening a chat UI.

  • Proactive meeting prep and email draft suggestions on the lock screen
  • Real-time alerts for suspicious spending or health metrics
  • Location-aware recommendations without opening multiple apps

Key facts

  • Pre-seed (Sep 2025): $3.58M+ per SEC filing; a16z, True Ventures, SV Angel participated (TechCrunch/Yahoo Finance)
  • Built by Signull Labs; founder Nirav Savjani ex-Google and Meta
  • Product uses iOS widgets for agentic home screen — still in private testing
  • Tens of thousands on waitlist before public launch (press reports)

Funding history (newest first)

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Competitive landscape

Edge: Widget-native agentic UX sidesteps App Store chatbot patterns and keeps AI one glance away — if Apple doesn't build it first.

Personal AI on mobile is crowded, but few products commit to widget-only ambient agents before launch. Sky's risk is inference cost for always-on agents and platform dependency on Apple's widget APIs.

  • Apple Intelligence / Siri incumbent

    Platform owner with deep OS integration; Sky bets Apple moves slower on personalized agent feeds.

  • Rabbit R1 / AI hardware adjacent

    Separate devices for AI actions; Sky stays on existing iPhones via widgets.

  • ChatGPT mobile app alternative

    Reactive chat interface; not ambient widget-first.

Notable stories

  • Sky attracted investor interest before shipping a public app — unusual for consumer mobile — on the thesis that the iPhone home screen hasn't changed materially in two decades (TechCrunch, 2025).

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Consumer

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FAQs about Sky

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Sky is an unreleased iPhone app that replaces the static home screen with AI-powered widgets providing proactive assistance.
Andreessen Horowitz participated in a $3.58M+ pre-seed round closing September 2025. See /fund/andreessen-horowitz.
No — Sky/Signull Labs is an AI iPhone home-screen startup. Sky Mavis is the Axie Infinity game studio (separate a16z investment).
The pre-seed round closed in September 2025 per SEC filings cited by TechCrunch.
As of coverage reviewed, Sky remained in private testing with a waitlist — verify skye.app for current availability.
Sky uses always-on background agents and widgets for proactive actions; Siri remains primarily voice/reactive on most tasks.
Nirav Savjani is cited as founder; previously at Google and Meta (TechCrunch).
No — pre-revenue, pre-launch startup on pre-seed funding.

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