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We're committed to backing builders worldwide,
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We're committed to backing builders worldwide, from the US to Europe and beyond. If you're building something wonderful on Photon, we'll be there with merch, credits, and funds to help you go further.

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Build with Photon

Use Photon's Spectrum framework to build meaningful agents on any messaging platform - iMessage, WhatsApp, Phone Calling, Slack, Discord, Telegram, and more - for your hackathon project or side project.

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Share what you built on X (Twitter) or LinkedIn. Tell the story behind it and how you integrated Photon's services.

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DM us on X (Twitter) or LinkedIn, or email our cofounders directly. Share proof of your work and receive $50 - $50,000 in cash support, up to $500k in Photon credits, and exclusive merch. Want to take it further? We'll connect you to Photon's exclusive fundraising network.

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Photon actively sponsors hackathons around the world.
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We double your prize

Built something with Spectrum at a hackathon we didn't sponsor?
If you win, we'll double your prize, plus all the other support we offer to builders like you.

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We believe agents in the messaging channel are the future of human-agent interaction.
Join builders around the world and ship the future with Photon.

"Photon's support helped us go from hackathon project to real product in weeks."

Sarah Chen

MessageAI

"The Spectrum framework made building our agent incredibly easy. We shipped in 2 days."

Alex Rivera

TaskBot

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We believe agents in the messaging channel are the future of human-agent interaction.
Join builders around the world and ship the future with Photon.

npm install spectrum-ts

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Run your first agent in iMessage

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import { Spectrum } from "spectrum-ts";

import { imessage } from "spectrum-ts/providers/imessage";



const app = await Spectrum({

  projectId: "your-project-id",

  projectSecret: "your-project-secret",

  providers: [

    imessage.config(),

  ],

});



for await (const [space, message] of app.messages) {

  if (message.content.type === "text") {

    console.log(`[${message.platform}] ${message.sender.id}: ${message.content.text}`);

    await space.send("hello world");

  }

}