Alfi
One shared agent per group plus a private solo agent for each member
Alfi is an AI agent you reach on iMessage and WhatsApp. To start, install an app. It messages you first rather than waiting to be asked.
At a glance
| Channels | |
|---|---|
| How you start | Install an app |
| Who starts it | Messages you first |
| Is there an app | App required You cannot begin without installing it |
| Categories | Group agents, Social and introductions |
| Can do | Group threads,Bookings and reservations |
| Connects to | Yelp |
| Pricing | Unknown |
| Number type | Unknown |
| Contact number | +1 310 460 9758 |
| First message, pre-written | “What can you do do?”Composed by the product, sent by you. See why that matters. |
| Runs on | Not disclosed |
| Browses with | Not disclosed |
| Number carrier | Unknown |
| Status | Live |
Who is behind it
| Company | Text.ai |
|---|---|
| Founders | Rushi Shah, Prahar Patel, Paras Maniar |
| Based in | Unknown |
| Funding | Y Combinator |
| Investors | Y Combinator, SV Angel |
| Traction | 500,000+ people and 60M+ messages, per its own site |
Data and policy
| Trains on your conversations | Policy not yet reviewed |
|---|---|
| Data of people who never signed up | Policy not yet reviewed |
| If you cancel | Policy not yet reviewed |
| Model providers named | Policy not yet reviewed |
| Jurisdiction | Policy not yet reviewed |
| Availability | Not stated |
We have not yet reviewed this product’s policy. Blank rows here mean we have not looked, not that the product is silent.
How it works
Alfi describes itself as "your group chat with social skills." Its structure is unusual: one agent shared by the group, plus a separate solo agent for each member, kept apart by an explicit rule about what crosses between them.
It books through Yelp and keeps nudging until a plan actually happens. Unlike most agents in this category it requires an app download, which raises the cost of adding the second and third person to a thread. Y Combinator backed.
Source: text.ai, checked 2026-09-06. How we source this.