Pally raises $5.2M seed for an AI assistant that lives in your texts
Pally raised $5.2 million in seed funding at a $30 million valuation, led by Cyber Fund and Y Combinator, with Pioneer Fund, Founders Inc, 468 Capital, and angel investors also joining. Pally is a text-based AI assistant: you message it on iMessage or Android RCS, and it connects to Gmail, Outlook, Slack, and Notion to manage your inbox, book flights, reply to messages, and make reservations. It launched in June 2026 and was founded by Haz Hubble and Wyatt Lansford.
Why it matters
This puts Pally in the same category as Poke, Instinct, and Catch: a proactive AI assistant that works over text instead of a dedicated app. Worth knowing about if you're comparing options in this space, but it's a funding announcement, not a new feature to act on.
Launched in June, now backed by Y Combinator and Cyber Fund