Home Screen Takeover: How Skye is Building the First Agentic iPhone Interface
An iPhone app called Skye is trying to change how we use our phones. It has not even launched yet, but it already has the attention of investors and tens of thousands of users. People are clearly hungry for an iPhone that acts more like a personal assistant and less like a grid of static icons. Instead of making you open a specific app or talk to a chatbot, this startup wants to build an “agentic home screen”. They do this by using iOS widgets as the main interface.
The goal is to bring a kind of ambient intelligence to your device. Through these widgets, Skye offers personal insights about your weather, your current context, and even your health. The app can draft email replies, help you prepare for meetings, and remind you of upcoming tasks. It can even flag unusual changes in your bank accounts. When you are out and about, it provides location-specific recommendations about local businesses and nearby attractions. It pulls most of this data from connections that you authorize.
Small Team, Big Money
A tiny team from a startup called Signal Lobe is building the app. Even without a finished product, they have managed to attract serious funding. According to SEC filings, the startup raised over $3.58 million in pre-seed funding back in September 2025. PitchBook reports that Signal Lobe has a post-money valuation of $14.5 million.
The creator behind Skye goes by the name “signall” on X. TechCrunch confirmed his real name is Mina Savjani. Savjani has a history at major tech companies like Google and Meta, although he keeps a low profile on professional sites like LinkedIn. Since he started talking about the app’s plans online, the waitlist has grown by tens of thousands of people. This massive interest suggests that a new type of AI-driven device, like the rumored OpenAI smartphone, might actually have a chance in the current market.
Changing the iPhone Experience
The app has already gained a lot of traction on social media. Savjani shared on X that the response to the project has been wild, with millions of views on their videos and hundreds of emails from investors and curious users. He argues that the iPhone home screen has not changed in twenty years. His vision is to move away from a screen that is just a graveyard of apps you never open. Instead, he wants a home screen that lives and breathes with your actual life.
Skye’s early backers include big names like Andreessen Horowitz, True Ventures, and SV Angel. Offline Ventures also lists Signal Lobe in its portfolio. Savjani has appeared on podcasts as an avatar and continues to post on X about how the app works. While he has not given a specific date for the public launch, he told TechCrunch that the app will roll out to its waitlist users soon. For iPhone users who are tired of the same old interface, Skye represents a bold step toward a truly intelligent phone.
