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Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard
Key takeaways
- A new startup wants to bring AI to the software you use the most: your smartphone s keyboard.
- According to Young Wang, Acti founder and CEO, this solves a problem familiar to anyone juggling multiple apps; users have to constantly switch between different apps just to get an AI s help.
- Today s AI agents are fundamentally limited because user context stays fragmented across separate apps, Wang told TechCrunch in an email interview (due to time zone differences).
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
A new startup wants to bring AI to the software you use the most: your smartphone s keyboard.
On Tuesday, Singapore-based Acti launched an agentic keyboard for i OS and Android, one that doesn t just suggest your next word but can take actions on your behalf, bringing AI tools directly into the apps you already use, including email, messaging, social media, and more.
According to Young Wang, Acti founder and CEO, this solves a problem familiar to anyone juggling multiple apps; users have to constantly switch between different apps just to get an AI s help.
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