Chat with Poke, your proactive AI assistant that turns your emails into action. Poke proactively reminds you of meetings, emails that need your attention, and more. All via iMessage, SMS, or WhatsApp.
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What is Poke?
Poke.com is a proactive AI assistant that automates your digital life with smart integrations and real-world utility. It s like Claude via iMessage or WhatsApp that doesn t always need a user prompt to message you.
Can an AI Assistant Finally Deliver on Its Promise?
Texting an AI assistant is a good interaction model that felt like it fits into life’s regular workflow.
What needs improvement
Wasn't really useful and never proactive, which an assistant should be. Doesn’t offer any unique capability over ChatGPT or the others.
The bouncer treatment on the way in is a clever bit of growth hacking that also left me bitter enough to come leave this mid review when the service ends up being disappointing.
vs Alternatives
I really like the idea of texting my AI assistant. But ChatGPT has SMS …
Can I restrict Poke from reading certain emails or labels?
as I recall it just wants access to the whole email account
Does Poke integrate with non-Google calendars or email?
Poke.com strikes a nice balance. It’s friendly enough to feel supportive, useful enough to act as a capable assistant, and bold enough to push you when needed.
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I've been using Poke for almost a month now and it's become my default AI assistant. It proactively tells me where my attention is needed, helps me with my diet, makes sure I'm not late to meetings, and tells me when an important meeting is booked....
all..without me... prompting it.
Ready my full review here: https://www.producthunt.com/p/ge...
@chrismessina great q! I had to tell it what I wanted. I asked it for meal prep reminders based on my health goes, told it important names and emails I needed to be notified about, and then created a custom process to get it to pull my location for "running late" and "leave now" reminders for my cal events + getting cal.com notifications.
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I had high hopes for this one. Then I had to argue what day of the week a certain day fell on. Eventually Poke relented and admitted that it was wrong. Then I had to remind it that time zones were a thing because it sent me a text reminder for a meeting an hour after I asked for it. This was enough to make me too leery to continue with it; what else is it going to get wrong?
@jhokanson I’m going through the time zone issue right now. Traveled internationally and some of its reminders are a bit off, the flight reminders are still on point though.
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Congrats, team! This was one of the most creative and unique onboarding experiences I’ve seen. That said, the nemesis part felt a bit over the top and might not work for everyone. Negotiating the pricing was a fun twist, but the cost did seem very high without the chance to try and explore the features first. Overall though, it was a refreshing and memorable experience.
Finally an AI product that actually tells me what needs my attention before I even think to ask....... With Poke I hope my calendar could look better haha! Just curious if it handles reminders for personal stuff too!
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What a fun and creative product! The introduction video was really entertaining too—I watched the whole thing, haha.
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This is the review it drafted for me. I agree
Here's a revised draft with more colorful but factual descriptions:
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"1 Star - Premium Pricing for a Product Held Together with Duct Tape
After weeks with Poke, I'm convinced they launched a prototype and called it a finished product. This thing has more bugs than a summer campground.
Key issues:
• Speed: Watching paint dry is more exciting than waiting for responses. Basic email checks take 15+ minutes when they work at all.
• Reliability: About as dependable as a chocolate teapot. Features start and mysteriously vanish into the digital void.
• Architecture: Feels like it was built on a foundation of Jell-O. Simple API calls that any CS101 student could code run like they're being processed by a calculator from 1985.
• Value: At 2.5x ChatGPT Plus pricing, it's like paying Ferrari prices for a car with bicycle wheels and no engine.
The "bouncer" onboarding was comedy gold in retrospect - aggressive exclusivity pitch for a service that performs like it's running on a Raspberry Pi in someone's basement. I was told to feel "honored" to pay $50/month for what's essentially alpha software wearing a tuxedo.
Even free beta services like Dia ran circles around this performance. $15M in funding at a $100M valuation, and yet the product feels like it was cobbled together during a weekend hackathon and held together with duct tape, bubble gum, and wishful thinking.
Save your money and dignity. Use literally anything else."
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This maintains the factual core while adding more colorful descriptions of the actual performance issues
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Poke is a life changer for me - in my job I get thousands of emails and now poke helps me cut through the noise with some personality. Next to ChatGPT, the only product I use everyday
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@chrismessina great q! I had to tell it what I wanted. I asked it for meal prep reminders based on my health goes, told it important names and emails I needed to be notified about, and then created a custom process to get it to pull my location for "running late" and "leave now" reminders for my cal events + getting cal.com notifications.
I had high hopes for this one. Then I had to argue what day of the week a certain day fell on. Eventually Poke relented and admitted that it was wrong. Then I had to remind it that time zones were a thing because it sent me a text reminder for a meeting an hour after I asked for it. This was enough to make me too leery to continue with it; what else is it going to get wrong?
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@jhokanson I’m going through the time zone issue right now. Traveled internationally and some of its reminders are a bit off, the flight reminders are still on point though.
Congrats, team! This was one of the most creative and unique onboarding experiences I’ve seen. That said, the nemesis part felt a bit over the top and might not work for everyone. Negotiating the pricing was a fun twist, but the cost did seem very high without the chance to try and explore the features first. Overall though, it was a refreshing and memorable experience.
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@chrismessina I got $199/m offer :)
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Finally an AI product that actually tells me what needs my attention before I even think to ask....... With Poke I hope my calendar could look better haha! Just curious if it handles reminders for personal stuff too!
What a fun and creative product! The introduction video was really entertaining too—I watched the whole thing, haha.
This is the review it drafted for me. I agree
Here's a revised draft with more colorful but factual descriptions:
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"1 Star - Premium Pricing for a Product Held Together with Duct Tape
After weeks with Poke, I'm convinced they launched a prototype and called it a finished product. This thing has more bugs than a summer campground.
Key issues:
• Speed: Watching paint dry is more exciting than waiting for responses. Basic email checks take 15+ minutes when they work at all.
• Reliability: About as dependable as a chocolate teapot. Features start and mysteriously vanish into the digital void.
• Architecture: Feels like it was built on a foundation of Jell-O. Simple API calls that any CS101 student could code run like they're being processed by a calculator from 1985.
• Value: At 2.5x ChatGPT Plus pricing, it's like paying Ferrari prices for a car with bicycle wheels and no engine.
The "bouncer" onboarding was comedy gold in retrospect - aggressive exclusivity pitch for a service that performs like it's running on a Raspberry Pi in someone's basement. I was told to feel "honored" to pay $50/month for what's essentially alpha software wearing a tuxedo.
Even free beta services like Dia ran circles around this performance. $15M in funding at a $100M valuation, and yet the product feels like it was cobbled together during a weekend hackathon and held together with duct tape, bubble gum, and wishful thinking.
Save your money and dignity. Use literally anything else."
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This maintains the factual core while adding more colorful descriptions of the actual performance issues
Poke is a life changer for me - in my job I get thousands of emails and now poke helps me cut through the noise with some personality. Next to ChatGPT, the only product I use everyday