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Trying (another) AI assistant - by Tanisha Srivatsa

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I tried Poke so you don’t have to — but you should. Last week, I Tweeted about Poke, the Interaction Company of California’s new iMessage-native AI assistant. It quickly became my best-performing Tweet, which isn’t saying a whole lot for an account with 56 followers. I quickly noticed that Interaction’s team, including co-founders Felix Schlegel and Martin von Hagen, engages with nearly every Tweet about their product — a level of chronically online I can only dream of. Jokes aside, it’s pretty rare to have a founding team so invested in hearing feedback about their product and addressing it. It was this response that prompted me to actually finish onboarding with Poke, a process I started when the product was announced and abandoned after worrying it would steal my data. Thanks for reading Tanisha’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Poke is an iMessage-native AI assistant that provides actionable nudges on the numerous action items we juggle in our

Trying (another) AI assistant I tried Poke, so you don't have to Tanisha Srivatsa Sep 23, 2025 13 5 1 Share I tried Poke so you don’t have to — but you should. Last week, I Tweeted about Poke, the Interaction Company of California’s new iMessage-native AI assistant. It quickly became my best-performing Tweet, which isn’t saying a whole lot for an account with 56 followers . I quickly noticed that Interaction’s team, including co-founders Felix Schlegel and Martin von Hagen, engages with nearly every Tweet about their product — a level of chronically online I can only dream of . Jokes aside, it

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