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Photon Holds Funeral for Mobile Apps, Secures $4.5M Seed Funding to Develop AI Agents

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Updated 6h ago

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Photon, an AI startup, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to develop tools for building agents that operate over messaging platforms like iMessage and WhatsApp. The company recently hosted a tongue-in-cheek funeral for mobile apps, signaling its belief that agents will replace traditional apps in the future. Photon has attracted over 40,000 developers and achieved a 10x revenue growth in four months.

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What Changed Since Last Update

6h ago

New corroborating source added: TechCrunch published an update on Thu, 01 Oc ("Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents.").