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Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents
Publisher description: The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.
TechCrunch | Oct 1, 2026 | Sarah Perez
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Photon, which helps developers build agents that work over iMessage and WhatsApp, now has $4. 5 million in seed funding to develop its products. Instead, they want access to agents that work through the messaging apps they already use, like iMessage and WhatsApp. Customers using Photon include Corgi Insurance; social introductions app Boardy; Gen Z dating platform Ditto; business banking platform Rho; finance AI assistant Fliptexts; AI email client Slashy; and others building agents for fintech, consumer AI, and other vertical use cases.
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