June 3, 2026
Happy Wednesday Photon Community,
Make every chat yours - plus everything else we shipped this week.
This week at Photon: we shipped an iMessage adapter for the Vercel Chat SDK, wrapped our first event at New York Tech Week cohosting with a16z, Techweek, and QCla, hosted Pho Night for agent builders, and went viral on Instagram with our event-hacker agent.
Feature Updates
iMessage Adapter for Vercel Chat SDK
Connect any Chat SDK agent to iMessage in a few lines of code, running on-device or through Photon's managed service.
Two modes: local (on-device, runs on a Mac) and remote (Photon-managed, runs anywhere)
Remote mode supports tapback reactions, native polls via modals, typing indicators, and message editing
Drop-in agent skill so Cursor, Claude Code, and Copilot can build with it: npx skills add photon-hq/skills
From the Blog
How to Build an iMessage Agent in 2026
A full breakdown of every approach to building iMessage agents, and where each one fits.
Compares Apple Messages for Business, BlueBubbles, AppleScript, pypush, and Photon Spectrum
Side-by-side tables on Mac requirements, incoming messages, custom logic, and production fit
Covers real use cases: AI companions, support, scheduling, and group coordination
Community Highlights
First Event at New York Tech Week
We wrapped Photon's first NYC event during New York Tech Week, cohosting with a16z, Techweek_, and QClaweverytime. Thanks to all the guests and partners who came out.
Live demos, talks, and a packed room
Photon plushies for everyone
Community Highlights
Resident Spotlight: Hackkey
A resident built an iMessage agent that turns a Luma link into an Apple Wallet invite with a random QR code, so you can flash it at the door if you know the location.
Built during Residency II in one week
200k+ views on social, all organic
The kind of agent that goes viral because it's actually fun
We're Hiring
GTM Intern
Most fun and technical GTM opportunities.
Two GTM seats open, on-site in SF.
AI native, live in Claude and Codex
Have real ideas for viral marketing
Enjoy yapping on X, LinkedIn, IG, or Reddit
Have run IRL events or fun online campaigns
Grow with an AI plus devtool startup with the best taste and marketing genes
That's all for this week.
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