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Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text

Poke raises $10M (now $300M valued) to make task-oriented AI agents accessible via iMessage/SMS/WhatsApp with plain-text custom automations, positioning itself against generalist chatbots.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline

Poke, an AI agent accessible via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and WhatsApp, launched publicly in March with $10M new funding (on top of a $15M seed) and a $300M post-money valuation. The 10-person startup positions task-oriented agents for getting things done (calendar, smart home, health tracking) rather than general-purpose chatbots. Users can write custom automations in plain text.

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