Poke, which lets users access AI agents via text message, becomes the first AI agent approved for Apple's Messages for Business platform (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/apple-approves-poke-as-the-first-ai-agent-on-its-messages-for-business-platform/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260604/i46.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260604/p46#a260604p46" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Sarah Perez / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/apple-approves-poke-as-the-first-ai-agent-on-its-messages-for-business-platform/">Poke, which lets users access AI agents via text message, becomes the first AI agent approved for Apple's Messages for Business platform</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Poke, a startup that turns using AI agents into something as simple as sending a text message, has become the first AI agent approved to run on Apple's Messages for Business platform.</p>