AI Persona Becomes an Asset: Cognition Acquires Poke for Conversation, Not Just the Model

Friends, I’d like to share a development from the world of AI assistants and products at the intersection of technology and UX.

Cognition has acquired Poke, an assistant people talk to like a friend. The deal is valued in the low nine figures.

For Cognition, this is not just an acquisition of a product, but a way to strengthen Devin: the team wants to bring in a more natural tone, greater proactivity, and the feeling of a colleague rather than an impersonal tool.

Poke, in turn, will gain access to Cognition’s models and infrastructure to become faster and more reliable.

Why it matters: in AI, competition is now about more than models — it is also about how they interact with people.

What do you think: is AI personality a real advantage or a secondary detail?

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