October 10, 2026
AI agents now live in your messages: TechCrunch rounds up picks for family, travel and work
On Oct 10, TechCrunch published a roundup of AI agents that live in text messages, from general-purpose assistants to agents for family, travel and work. In our registry, 30 of 51 tools (measured Aug 17) call themselves an agent or agentic.
On Oct 10, TechCrunch published a roundup of AI agents that live in text messages, from general-purpose assistants to agents for family, travel and work. In our registry, 30 of 51 tools (measured Aug 17) call themselves an agent or agentic.
Longer term: the agent becomes one more contact in the chat threads where people already spend their day.