Cognition Acquires Poke to Humanize Devin | Business and Finance News

Cognition just bought Poke for a low nine-figure sum, merging its wildly popular, friend-like AI assistant with Devin to make coding smarter, chattier, and more human. Poke’s viral appeal? It speaks in slang, laughs, and feels like a buddy—not a bot. With 100M messages sent in three months and now approved on Apple’s Messages for Business, Poke’s personality is now Devin’s new co-pilot. Next year, they’ll team up: Poke handling multi-step coding tasks and memory across sessions, turning Devin into your persistent, helpful coworker. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/19ecaeb9f6a084e3