Poke
A task organization and daily planning tool that helps break down tasks day by day.
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How Poke compares
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David says Poke was one of the first consumer AI agents, and its negotiation feature blew his mind.
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David says Poke was one of the first consumer AI agents, and its negotiation feature blew his mind.
"I was an early adopter of Poke. That launched, I believe it was September 8th, and then I started using it September 11th, like 3 days later. And I remember it so vividly because it was just an unbelievable experience. Their whole gimmic..."
Described as one of the first consumer AI agents to hit the market
Claude
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Anthropic's AI writing assistant
Greg says Poke is more focused and polished for everyday users; Claude is the broader AI underneath.
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Greg says Poke is more focused and polished for everyday users; Claude is the broader AI underneath.
"If you haven't tried Poke — it's basically like a personal assistant app. You should try it, and as a UX person you're going to be blown away. Anyone who cares about UX, just download Poke and see how their onboarding experience is, beca..."
Contrasted with Claude as being more focused/verticalized; described as a polished front-end for AI capabilities for non-technical users
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“I was an early adopter of Poke. That launched, I believe it was September 8th, and then I started using it September 11th, like 3 days later. And I remember it so vividly because it was just an unbelievable experience. Their whole gimmick was this negotiation with the agent on how much you're actually going to pay. And it totally blew my mind.”
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- Consumer AI agent with price negotiation capability
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- Negotiation mechanic was mind-blowing and novel
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- Described as one of the first consumer AI agents to hit the market
“If you haven't tried Poke — it's basically like a personal assistant app. You should try it, and as a UX person you're going to be blown away. Anyone who cares about UX, just download Poke and see how their onboarding experience is, because it is world-class and shows you a peek into what agent-first onboarding experiences are going to look like.”
Why Greg recommends Poke Hide
- Good for
- AI personal assistant via iMessage; example of best-in-class agent-first onboarding
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- World-class onboarding experience; shows the future of agent-first UX; verticalized to do a few things very well
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- Contrasted with Claude as being more focused/verticalized; described as a polished front-end for AI capabilities for non-technical users
“Poke was a very early pioneer here.”
“Cognition is acquiring Interaction, the makers of Poke. Poke has been an acquisition target or been talked about as an acquisition target for a long time now. They've just been able to deliver delightful, novel products.”
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- Delivering delightful, novel products
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- People expected Apple, OpenAI, or Amazon to acquire them rather than Cognition
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“Cognition is acquiring Interaction, the makers of Poke. I think Poke has been an acquisition target — they've just been able to deliver delightful, novel products.”
“Poke.com has been doing this for a while. They were one of the first AI agents that you could text from iMessage. But now instead of it showing up as blue, it shows up as gray and they have officially been approved by Apple.”
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- Consumer AI agent accessible through iMessage
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- Official Apple approval, iMessage integration
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- First and only officially approved AI agent on iMessage
“The first time that the big sort of wakeup call was when Facebook at the time carbon copied Snapchat to make Poke.”
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