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Poke
AI assistant that integrates into messaging platforms like iMessage and SMS to anticipate user needs
About Poke
Poke.com is an AI assistant that integrates into messaging platforms like iMessage and SMS to anticipate user needs. The service, created by The Interaction Company of California, connects to a user's email, calendar, and files to manage tasks such as drafting replies, handling invoices, rescheduling meetings, and booking travel through text-based conversations. The company launched publicly on September 8, 2025, after a beta phase involving several thousand users who exchanged over 750,000 messages with the AI.
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Poke was founded by CEO Marvin von Hagen and CTO Felix Schlegel. The founders have backgrounds in engineering and research from institutions like Tesla, Apple, Stanford, and MIT. Their prior experience includes leading a student engineering team to victory in Elon Musk's Not-a-Boring competition in 2021, where they built a 12-meter tunneling machine. The company's goal is to provide a seamless AI experience within the user's existing communication habits, avoiding the need for a separate application.
On its launch day, Interaction announced it had raised $15 million in a seed funding round at a $100 million valuation. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Village Global, Earlybird VC, and angel investors including founders and executives from companies like PayPal, Coinbase, Dropbox, and Google. Poke's business model is based on pricing that varies according to individual user needs. The platform emphasizes privacy and security, adhering to SOC 2 Type II and CASA Tier 2 certification standards.
At a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, United States
- Employees
- 19
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 90.7/100
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Sector
- AI, Personal Assistant, Productivity Tools, Generative AI, genAI Applications
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2c
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITION✓Exit | Jul 2026 | $0 | — | Cognition | Devin AI | ↗ |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Jan 2026 | $10M | $300M | Spark Capital | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Poke is 360K monthly website visits, up 44% over the last three months. Poke's team grew 90% over the past year.
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Investors
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Seed17 investors entered at this stage
General Catalyst
Earlybird Venture Capital
Ken Howery
Bradley Horowitz
Guillermo Rauch
Scott Wu
Cory Levy
Village Global
Anti Fund
CDTM Venture Fund
Fred Ehrsam
Anton Levy
Arash Ferdowsi
HF0
Brendan Foody
Sabrina Hahn
Spark Capital
Other known investors1 additional known investor
Cognition | Devin AI
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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