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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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The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.

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Photon earned $4.5 million to expand its tools from agents operating in messaging services. The startup claims that it already collects more than 40,000 developer logs and sees in chats an alternative to installing new applications.

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BizToc broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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