Palo Alto startup Interaction has raised $15 million, led by General Catalyst, to launch an AI assistant that lives fully inside iMessage and integrates seamlessly with your email, calendar, and web accounts. With participation from Village Global, Earlybird and key angel investors from companies like Stripe, Dropbox, and OpenAI, they have reached a valuation of over $100 million. Co-founded by Marvin Von Hagen and Felix Schlegel, Poke promises to redefine how people manage digital conversations by embedding true personal intelligence into the platforms millions already use.
Unlike many AI assistants that demand learning new interfaces and juggling multiple apps, Poke lives inside familiar messaging platforms such as iMessage, WhatsApp, and SMS. It goes beyond just messages, connecting seamlessly with your email and calendar to help you understand, draft, schedule, and follow up, all in one place. This approach aims to provide a communication partner that feels straightforward and helpful by remembering key details and assisting users as they go about their day.
According to the founders, “Existing AI products feel robotic, cold, and require users to change their habits around them. We want to bring more humanity into AI, and build a genuinely good product that blends into many millions of lives around the world”.
