Companion launches iMessage AI agent that reuses your ChatGPT account with MCP support
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-08
Developer aaryankushwah launched Companion, an AI agent living in iMessage positioned as faster than OpenAI's Instinct. It signs into your own ChatGPT subscription (defaulting to GPT Astra 6), inherits your connected tools, runs on an isolated full computer with terminal/file/desktop access, supports 1000+ marketplace integrations plus custom MCPs and CLIs, and enables agentic payments via Link CLI.
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