Fordel StudiosLinq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within messaging apps
What Happened
Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS, and SMS.
Our Take
Gut reaction: AI assistants in messaging apps finally make sense - they show up where people already spend time.
Linq's raised $20M to embed AI in iMessage, RCS, SMS. No app downloads, no context switching - your customer's AI lives in the chat thread where they're already texting. This solves the adoption problem that killed most chatbots. You don't need to teach people a new interface or convince them to download something. Distribution's already there. Companies can offer support, sales automation - inside channels people use daily.
The angle that works isn't 'cool new AI feature,' it's 'smaller friction to something you already wanted.'
What To Do
If your AI product requires a new app or URL, you've already lost half your users.
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