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    Bland launches iMessage agents for businesses

    Bland says sending a link automatically creates a branded agent in 30 seconds and connects it to business APIs.

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    Bland said on October 15 that its iMessage agents were live. The company says they can use Tapbacks, send embedded components and accept payments within a chat. One person sharing the announcement says the agents can pull live prices, hours and inventory from a website, open pages in a browser and text screenshots of what they find.

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    Sentiment

    Positive83.6%16.4%Negative

    Based on 87 sentiment-bearing replies from 81 accounts across 3 conversations.

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    Bland@useblandiMessage agents for your business in 30s. Send a link and Bland learns your business, plugs into your APIs, and creates a branded agent for you automatically. The agent can do things like Tapbacks (❤️,👍,❗), send embedded components, and even accept payments within a chat. It's live now. Text +1 (415) 481-7537.2h
    elvis@omarsar0This is super cool. Texting a business should be as easy as texting a friend. At least that should be the standard. @usebland turns any business website into a branded text line with an agent behind it. It pulls prices, hours, and inventory live from the site, and it can open the page in a real browser and text you a screenshot of what it found. Text any website to +1 (415) 481-7537 to try it.2h
    AK@_akhaliqRT @usebland: iMessage agents for your business in 30s. Send a link and Bland learns your business, plugs into your APIs, and creates a b…2h
    Santiago@svpinoThis is pretty bonkers: You can text your website URL to this service, and they will send you back a branded agent phone number for your customers. You can now share your agent line with your customers. Your customers can text your agent line and chat about your service and the information on your website. Let's say you are a hair salon. Your customers can now text you, "Do you have an open slot next Wednesday afternoon?" and get a text back with the answer.2h
    Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiAI should indeed make every business website one text away from being a conversational interface. Bland now lets businesses create AI agents that live in customers’ iMessage threads, with the company’s name, logo and verified badge, from nothing more than a website link. Blandie, Bland’s SMS agent, reads the photos customers send: an insurance card, a document, a home listing. It pulls what it needs from the image and keeps the conversation moving. For a doctor’s or dentist’s office, that covers a lot of front-desk work. Snap the card, book the appointment, pay the copay, and get a calendar invite back in the same thread. Apple’s Business Register is the gate every verified sender passes through, so as more businesses route sales through AI agents, Apple keeps control of the channel customers already trust most.57m
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    Bland@useblandiMessage agents for your business in 30s. Send a link and Bland learns your business, plugs into your APIs, and creates a branded agent for you automatically. The agent can do things like Tapbacks (❤️,👍,❗), send embedded components, and even accept payments within a chat. It's live now. Text +1 (415) 481-7537.2h
    elvis@omarsar0This is super cool. Texting a business should be as easy as texting a friend. At least that should be the standard. @usebland turns any business website into a branded text line with an agent behind it. It pulls prices, hours, and inventory live from the site, and it can open the page in a real browser and text you a screenshot of what it found. Text any website to +1 (415) 481-7537 to try it.2h
    AK@_akhaliqRT @usebland: iMessage agents for your business in 30s. Send a link and Bland learns your business, plugs into your APIs, and creates a b…2h
    Santiago@svpinoThis is pretty bonkers: You can text your website URL to this service, and they will send you back a branded agent phone number for your customers. You can now share your agent line with your customers. Your customers can text your agent line and chat about your service and the information on your website. Let's say you are a hair salon. Your customers can now text you, "Do you have an open slot next Wednesday afternoon?" and get a text back with the answer.2h
    Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiAI should indeed make every business website one text away from being a conversational interface. Bland now lets businesses create AI agents that live in customers’ iMessage threads, with the company’s name, logo and verified badge, from nothing more than a website link. Blandie, Bland’s SMS agent, reads the photos customers send: an insurance card, a document, a home listing. It pulls what it needs from the image and keeps the conversation moving. For a doctor’s or dentist’s office, that covers a lot of front-desk work. Snap the card, book the appointment, pay the copay, and get a calendar invite back in the same thread. Apple’s Business Register is the gate every verified sender passes through, so as more businesses route sales through AI agents, Apple keeps control of the channel customers already trust most.57m
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