Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage

AI coding startup Cognition has acquired the conversational assistant Poke in a deal valued in the low nine‑figure range. The acquisition will bring Poke’s chat‑like interaction model to Cognition’s coding agent Devin, highlighting the belief that the way AI assistants engage users is as crucial as the underlying models.

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