--- title: All the AI agents that can live in your text messages description: A roundup covers AI assistants that operate through text messaging (iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Telegram) rather than standalone apps, letting users delegate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages-0iqklqhul twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: All the AI agents that can live in your text messages | daily.dev og:description: A roundup covers AI assistants that operate through text messaging (iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Telegram) rather than standalone apps, letting users delegate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages-0iqklqhul og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0Iqklqhul.png og:image:alt: All the AI agents that can live in your text messages og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # All the AI agents that can live in your text messages **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 10 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A roundup covers AI assistants that operate through text messaging (iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Telegram) rather than standalone apps, letting users delegate tasks like scheduling, email, bookings, and research. Entries span general-purpose assistants (Instinct, Poke, Martin, Rene, Folk, Caddy), family-focused tools (Fambot, Ohai, Ollie, Orbits), niche assistants (Miso for travel, Stanley for content creation, Town for professional work, Wajo's Fo), and others like Iris, Skye, Pally, and Tomo. Pricing, funding rounds, and launch dates for each are noted, with Instinct highlighted as the buzziest after reaching a $10 billion valuation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Instinct's current valuation after its latest funding round? Instinct is valued at $10 billion following a $1 billion Series C raised in September 2026. This came roughly a month after an earlier raise of $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation in August 2026, making it one of the fastest valuation jumps among text-based AI agent startups. _Those tracking fast-moving AI agent valuations can follow funding news like this on daily.dev._ ### Which AI assistant was the first approved as an AI agent on Apple's Messages for Business platform? Poke became the first AI agent approved on Apple's Messages for Business platform in June 2026. Poke launched in March 2026 as a general-purpose, text-based assistant, and a month after the Apple approval its parent company, The Interaction Company of California, was acquired by AI coding startup Cognition in a deal valued in the low nine figures. _Developers evaluating which consumer AI agents to integrate with can keep up with platform approvals on daily.dev._ ### Which family-focused AI assistant has achieved SOC 2 compliance? Ollie is one of the first mainstream, family-focused AI assistants to achieve SOC 2 compliance, a widely used security standard. Launched in June 2026, it offers a free tier plus paid plans starting at $25 per month for 150 messages, with a $100 plan covering up to 1,000 messages. _Anyone comparing security guarantees across competing AI assistants can track these details on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Here are the top AI agents that can live in your text messages](https://daily.dev/posts/here-are-the-top-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages-6a1nzvssj) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account](https://daily.dev/posts/instinct-brings-its-ai-agent-to-group-chats-even-for-friends-without-an-account-trqfv9mee) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [One Telegram contact to rule my team of AI agents](https://daily.dev/posts/one-telegram-contact-to-rule-my-team-of-ai-agents-qgiolsxxe) · RUBYLAND · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [These 4 AI apps save me 20 hours every week on my Android phone](https://daily.dev/posts/these-4-ai-apps-save-me-20-hours-every-week-on-my-android-phone-b3jrkfm9f) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages-0iqklqhul) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"All the AI agents that can live in your text messages","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages-0iqklqhul","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages-0iqklqhul"},"datePublished":"2026-10-03T14:04:37.811Z","dateModified":"2026-10-03T14:05:02.671Z","description":"A roundup covers AI assistants that operate through text messaging (iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Telegram) rather than standalone apps, letting users delegate...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d03c217b43b0de57d4d7aa49f07f445c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d03c217b43b0de57d4d7aa49f07f445c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages-0iqklqhul","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"All the AI agents that can live in your text messages"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages-0iqklqhul#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Instinct's current valuation after its latest funding round?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Instinct is valued at $10 billion following a $1 billion Series C raised in September 2026. 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