How Instinct got so viral, and how you can too (for $0) ๐Ÿ”’

Rรฉdigรฉ le 17/09/2026
Tom Orbach

No launch, no website, no socials- just a very specific playbook

A lot of you asked me how to get Instinct-level buzz for your own product.

In case you missed it, Instinct is a personal AI assistant. You can text it and ask anything: it books the doctor, cancels your subscriptions, orders the groceries, and negotiates with vendors on WhatsApp.

It went from a company no one has ever heard of, to this:

And this is the website (yes, really):

Everything about it is unusual:

  • โŒ No signup button and no app to download, just a waitlist link

  • โŒ No employees talking about it on social

  • โŒ No ads that anyone has seen

  • โŒ No press releases or PR

  • โŒ No launch, anywhere

When the founder finally posted, after tons of rumors, he got 2 million views.

Iโ€™m going to show you *exactly* what the company did, because you can copy it too. Even if you barely have users or an audience.

And no, this isnโ€™t โ€œmake your product invite-onlyโ€. If limiting signups worked so well, every waitlist on the internet would be viral. What worked is a set of decisions the company made about its first users, and every one of them can work on your existing product/service. โœ…

Hereโ€™s everything you need to know:

๐Ÿ” Step zero: how the first users got in

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