Agents that work in group chats

Nine agents in this directory work inside a group thread rather than a one-to-one conversation. This is the part of the market where onboarding friction decides everything, because a group agent that requires each participant to install something has to be sold four times instead of once.

9 agents that state this

Agents compared by channel, how you start using them and pricing. Status is shown only where it is not live.
Agent	Channels	How you start	Pricing
AlfiOne shared agent per group plus a private solo agent for each memberText it, opens with What can you do do?	iMessageWhatsApp	Install an app	Unknown
BobaA group agent that stays quiet during normal chatter and joins when needed	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Unknown
JarvieA group-chat agent that coordinates dinners and trips and remembers the group	iMessageSMS	Add a number to a group	Unknown
OllieA family agent that lives in the household's existing iMessage group thread	iMessage	Add a number to a group	Unknown
ShuffleAn AI teammate in iMessage and SMS group chats, summoned with @agentText it, opens with hey shuffle, im new here... what can u actually do?	iMessageSMS	Add a number to a group	Unknown
SidekicksAdd a number to any iMessage or SMS group and it participates like a memberText it, opens with Hello 👋	iMessageSMS	Add a number to a group	$14.99/month for unlimited
TomoCoaching and accountability that charges for the unprompted check-in	iMessageSMSWeb	Text a number	Unknown
TownA per-user agent that joins your group text and talks to other people's agents	iMessageSMS	Create an account	Unknown
WajoA group agent that places its own calls and pays with its own card	iMessageSMSVoice	Create an account	Free tier available

Recorded only where the product’s own public pages state it. An agent missing here may still do this and simply not say so.

What the claim actually covers

Four of these join an existing thread, which means the second, third and fourth people arrive with no invite, no install and no account. They were already there. That property is rare and it is the strongest structural advantage available in this category.

The alternative is an app download or an account per member, which turns every additional participant into a full acquisition. In a group of four that is three separate conversions before the product works as designed.

One product prices accordingly, charging per household rather than per seat and metering the agent's outbound messages instead. That follows directly from the onboarding model, because a per-seat price taxes exactly the thing the product is good at.

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