The Interaction Company · acquired by Cognition

Viral / trending Personal and computer-use agentsupdated 27 Oct 2026

Texting-native personal agent: 100M+ messages in three months, then bought by Devin maker Cognition.

Same job, different name: ≈ Instinct ≈ Meta Muse.

What it offers

Main offerings
Poke
Personal agent in iMessage and SMS for planning, calendar and bookings.

Recent news

  • Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality as advantageDeal of $100M+ signals assistant personality and interface are becoming a competitive moat.TechCrunch ↗
  • Cognition announces acquisition of The Interaction CompanyPoke keeps running unchanged; Cognition plans to move it onto its own models and infrastructure.Cognition ↗

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