Cognition acquires Poke to bring conversational AI personality to Devin coding agent
Cognition has acquired Poke, an AI assistant designed for conversational text-based interaction, in a deal valuing the startup in the low nine figures. Poke is characterized as an AI assistant users can text like a friend. The acquisition brings Poke's conversational style and interaction model to Cognition's coding agent Devin. The deal reflects a growing belief that how AI assistants interact with users is as important as the underlying models powering them.