Photon raises $4.5 million seed round
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AI startup Photon announced a $4.5 million seed round led jointly by Gradient and A*, with participation from Vercel, HongShan, and others. The company helps developers build agents that run on messaging apps such as iMessage and WhatsApp. Before announcing the funding, Photon held an "App Funeral" to express the view that the traditional app era is ending and messaging-based agents will take their place. This is currently its seed round, and the company's business direction is agent development tools for messaging platforms.
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- TechCrunch · AIPhoton held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents.
AI startup Photon announced a $4.5 million seed round co-led by Gradient and A*, with Vercel and HongShan among the participants. The company helps developers build agents running on messaging apps like iMessage and WhatsApp, and previously held an 'app funeral' to express its view that the app era is ending.