August 14, 2026

Happy Friday Photon Community,

This week at Photon: Mastra agents can now message using Photon, the release of our defining iMessage API guide, Tinyfish joined Daniel for a fireside chat, and an iMessage Mansion party. Next week is the Moonlight Hackathon, sponsored by Photon, Google Deepmind, & Exa.

Feature Updates

Mastra Now Runs on iMessage

Full iMessage support for the leading Typescript-based custom Agent building platform, Mastra, powered by Photon's Spectrum API.

• Direct, Two-Way, Message deduplication handled

• Mastra observability messaging feature

• Template-based setup

Read Details

Feature Updates

Coinbase x iMessage Photon Tutorial

@Must_be_ash made a community tutorial on X, using Photon's new integration with Eve to trade with Coinbase for agents with iMessage.

• Used the Coinbase MCP with Photon's API

• Focused on agentic trading to Bitcoin and other forms of crypto

• Documentation alongside the demo

Watch the Tutorial

Read the Blog - Mastra Feature

Introducing iMessage Support for Mastra Agents

Mastra shipped native iMessage support built on Photon's chat adapter, where your agent gets a phone number and answers in the blue bubble

• One npm install and one line in your agent config

• Direct and group chats, two-way over your existing webhook, retries handled for you
  
  

Read the Blog

Read the Blog

What Is an iMessage API? The Complete Guide

What a real iMessage API is, how it differers from spoofed gateways, and what it takes to run one without a Mac.

• Genuine Apple protocol deliveries: tapbacks, effects, typing indicators, and group chats

• Persistent gRPC streams instead of webhooks, where agents can run anywhere

Read the Blog

Community Highlights

Mastra Agent x iMessage Tutorial

Leila made a tutorial on connecting your Mastra agent to iMessage using Photon.

• Official integration with Mastra's Agents

• Template-based setup

• 20k traffic on the tutorial

Watch the Tutorial

Community Highlights

iMessage Party at the Mansion

Photon is cohosting an iMessage Party at the Mansion, bringing together 100 builders in Consumer AI.

• Co-hosted by Agentcard, Kontigo, and LinQ, focusing on bringing Agent access through messages

• Friday, August 14 @ 6pm

RSVP on Partiful

Upcoming Events

The Moonlighting Hackathon

Photon is co-hosting an AI Hack Lab Hackathon, alongside tools that make up the full AI Agent stack.

• Google DeepMind, Exa, WorkOS, Convex, GMI, Mosaic, Vapi, ElevenLabs, Adal, and Apify, will all be co-hosting to support Agent launches

• Cash prizes, partner prizes, and credits to turn your side hustle into a reality

• Monday, August 17 @ 5:30pm

RSVP on Luma

Upcoming Events

Consumer Founder Michelin Dinner

Photon is hosting an exclusive consumer founder dinner over a Michelin-Star meal!

• Hand selecting the most promising founders in Consumer AI to discuss the most urgent questions in the space

• One night, Michelin Dinner, and less than 14 seats at the table

• Tuesday, August 18 @ 7pm

RSVP on Luma

We're Hiring

Backend Engineers (Intern + Fulltime)

Proficient in Swift, TypeScript (NodeJS, ConnectRPC, Hono), or Rust. Strong understanding of how production-level backend systems work, including OTel, Workflow Systems, Outbox, PostgreSQL, Service Mesh, and k8s.

Email to us to Reply

That's all for this week.

We believe agents should reach everyone:
And we're building every day to make it happen.

Want to learn more about Photon?
Reply to this email or grab time with us for a quick chat.

Photon is building the Twilio for AI agents - enabling agents to live inside existing messaging surfaces like iMessage, phone calls, email, WhatsApp, Instagram, Slack, and more. Our open-source kits have driven 200k+ impressions and adoption from thousands of developers.

Copyright 2026 © Photon All Rights Reserved.