Apple is allowing a third-party AI agent, Poke, to run in its Messages for Business experience on iPhone. TechCrunch reports that Poke becomes the first AI agent approved for the platform, marking an expansion of iMessage capabilities where users can interact with an AI agent directly via text messages. 9to5Mac similarly reports that Poke has been approved for use in Apple’s Messages app, positioning it as the first time an outside AI agent is integrated into iMessage through this feature set. The company’s platform, described as Messages for Business, lets participating services connect into messaging workflows, and Poke is presented as a startup that enables AI agent interactions using simple text conversations. Taken together, the coverage indicates that Apple’s approval process has cleared Poke to appear in the iPhone messaging environment for end users, enabling AI functionality within the Messages interface rather than requiring users to switch to a separate app or chat service. Both sources focus on the approval status and the novelty of bringing a third-party AI agent into iMessage through Messages for Business.