Pally raises $5.2M for an AI assistant that lives in your text messages

YC-backed Pally raised $5.2 million at a $30 million valuation, led by Cyber Fund and Y Combinator with Pioneer Fund, Founders Inc, and 468 Capital participating. Users start by texting a phone number, with no app to install. The assistant manages texts and tasks across the fragmented inboxes people actually use. "You should go where your users are," a cofounder said. "Put as little friction between your product or the 'wow' moment and your user discovering it as possible." YC has backed over 140 startups in the personal assistant category, making differentiation the whole problem.

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