TextAI – Native SMS AI assistant for individual and group chats
Hey HN community! Like many of you, I spend most of my day in text conversations. One day I found myself switching between group chats and various AI apps, and thought, why can't AI just live where we already chat? So I built TextAI. It's an AI that works right in your SMS app. No new app to download, no platform to learn. Just text +15626840069 to start chatting or add it to any group chat! The tech and stack details: - Native SMS/MMS integration with context management across conversations - Handles multiple participants, learns group preferences, and scales for concurrent chats -…
TextAI – Native SMS AI assistant for individual and group chats launched on January 23, 2025 with 6 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Finally, a group chat that does stuff. Book restaurants instantly, create wild pics with your crew, and stop being the planner. The group chat is sacred. Alfi keeps it alive.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN community! Like many of you, I spend most of my day in text conversations. One day I found myself switching between group chats and various AI apps, and thought, why can't AI just live where we already chat? So I built TextAI. It's an AI that works right in your SMS app. No new app to download, no platform to…
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