Boba
A group agent that stays quiet during normal chatter and joins when needed
Boba is an AI agent you reach on iMessage and SMS. To start, text a number. It messages you first rather than waiting to be asked.
At a glance
| Channels | |
|---|---|
| How you start | Text a number |
| Who starts it | Messages you first |
| Is there an app | No app Nothing to install at any point |
| Categories | Group agents, Social and introductions |
| Can do | Group threads |
| Connects to | None named publicly |
| Pricing | Unknown |
| Number type | Unknown |
| Contact number | Unknown |
| First message, pre-written | None published |
| Runs on | Not disclosed |
| Browses with | Not disclosed |
| Number carrier | Unknown |
| Status | Live |
Who is behind it
| Company | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Founders | Unknown |
| Based in | Unknown |
| Funding | Unknown |
| Investors | Unknown |
| Traction | Unknown |
Data and policy
| Trains on your conversations | States it does“Developing, training, and fine-tuning models, algorithms, and artificial intelligence technologies” |
|---|---|
| Data of people who never signed up | Addressed“users of the Services may upload or otherwise provide personal information about others” |
| If you cancel | Not stated in the policy |
| Model providers named | None named |
| Jurisdiction | Not stated in the policy |
| Availability | Not stated |
Read from the published policy on 2026-09-06. Quotes are verbatim. We report what the document says and link it; we do not interpret its legal effect, and policies change.
How it works
Boba's line is "not artificial intelligence, social intelligence." You start a group chat with it and it coordinates across several people. Its distinguishing behaviour is restraint: it hangs back while people are talking normally and only enters when someone needs something from it.
Access is a text to a number with no app, which is the lowest-friction onboarding pattern in this category, everyone in the thread can use it without installing anything.
Source: getboba.ai, checked 2026-09-06. Channel support is inferred from public descriptions rather than stated by the vendor. How we source this.