Poke
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Poke, created by The Interaction Company of California, is a Palo Alto-based AI agent that lives inside iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and WhatsApp 1. Users interact with Poke via text messages to handle everyday tasks including daily planning, calendar management, health and fitness tracking, smart home control, and photo editing 1. The company was co-founded by Marvin von Hagen and Felix Schlegel, who previously co-founded TUM Boring and won Elon Musk’s 2021 Not-a-Boring Competition 2.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2026 | Seed | $15M | General Catalyst | Village Global, Earlybird, angels from Stripe, Dropbox, OpenAI 2 |
| 2026-04 | Seed extension | $10M | — | — 1 |
The initial $15M seed was raised at a $100M valuation; the additional $10M extension brought the post-money valuation to $300M 2.
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AlleyWatch, “The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 4/13/26,” April 13, 2026. https://alleywatch.com/2026/04/the-weekly-notable-startup-funding-report-4-13-26/↩↩↩
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TechCrunch, “Poke makes using AI agents as easy as sending a text,” April 8, 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/poke-makes-ai-agents-as-easy-as-sending-a-text/↩↩↩