TechPhoton held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents
Photon, a startup that helps developers build AI agents for iMessage, SMS/RCS, email and other messaging platforms, has raised $4.5 million. Its bet is that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.
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Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents
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