June 13, 2026
Happy Friday Photon Community,
This week at Photon: Hermes Agent now lives in iMessage via Photon officially, we landed on X's TOP NEWS as iMessage emerges as the next frontier for AI assistants, and we're partnering on a Marketing & GTM Strategy fireside chat this Sunday in SF.
See the announcement on X
Hermes Agent on iMessage
Nous Research's Hermes Agent can now text you natively in iMessage, powered by Photon.
Run 'hermes gateway setup' and choose Photon to start texting your agent
Works even on Linux and Windows: no Mac required
Launch post hit 798K views and 1.5K likes in days
From the Blog
Deep Dive: How We Brought Hermes to iMessage on Any OS
A full breakdown of every approach to building iMessage agents, and where each one fits.
Why iMessage has been hard for agents: BlueBubbles needs a Mac that stays awake and online
How Photon removes the Mac dependency with a persistent connection: no webhook, no public URL
Setup walkthrough from 'hermes gateway setup' to texting your agent
Community Highlights
Photon on X's TOP NEWS
"iMessage Emerges as Next Frontier for AI Assistants" trended on X's Today's News, with Photon at the center of the story.
Justine Moore and A16z shaped the narrative, and we're building the future of agent interfaces
Ryan Zhu published "We brought Hermes Agent to iMessage, even on Linux and Windows"
Community Highlights
Conductor's Matt Palmer on Photon: "Very Good"
Matt Palmer tried Photon and shared an unprompted review on X.
"It is basically Vercel's Chat SDK but with managed iMessage on top"
"They cut you a iMessage number on the free plan, which seems like all you need for individual use"
"The current option (Bluebubbles) is a bridge to an actual Mac and harder to configure"
Upcoming Events
Agent Native Company Hackathon
Beta University x Nebius hackathon in Sunnyvale, with Photon as a partner alongside Llama Ventures, EverMind, and Beta Fund.
Saturday, June 13, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM in Sunnyvale, CA
Build agents that run end-to-end GTM pipelines and drive real revenue
Upcoming Events
Marketing & GTM Strategy Fireside Chat
A candid conversation on B2B growth, content, distribution, AI workflows, and founder-led sales, hosted by Thine with Photon as a partner alongside Corgi Cafe, Helio, CoreSpeed, Ditto, and Streaml.
Sunday, June 14, 6-8 PM in San Francisco
Operators sharing what's actually working in their GTM, not what sounds good on a podcast
That's all for this week.
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