Poke, an AI agent that lets users automate tasks via text message, raised $10M, on top of a $15M seed last year, at a $300M post-money valuation (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Why it matters: Poke's $300 million valuation signals significant investor confidence in text-based AI automation.
- Poke, an AI agent, enables users to automate tasks through text messages (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch).
- Poke raised an additional $10 million, following a $15 million seed round last year (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch).
- The company is now valued at a $300 million post-money valuation (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch).
Poke, an AI agent enabling task automation via text message, has secured an additional $10 million in funding, building on last year's $15 million seed round, now valuing the company at $300 million post-money. TechCrunch's Sarah Perez suggests Poke aims to be an 'OpenClaw for the rest of us,' democratizing AI agent access.



