https://referently.com/tags/distribution/ Recent content in distribution on Referently.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://referently.com/cognition-bought-poke-and-midjourney-bought-co-star-because-ai-labs-are-done-building-audiences-from-scratch/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://referently.com/cognition-bought-poke-and-midjourney-bought-co-star-because-ai-labs-are-done-building-audiences-from-scratch/ I used to think the labs with the best models would win the consumer layer eventually, on the theory that a better assistant is a better assistant regardless of which app it lives inside. Distribution felt like a problem money could solve whenever a lab got serious about it. Money doesn’t solve it fast enough anymore, apparently. Cognition acquired Poke, the messaging-based AI assistant, in a deal reportedly valuing Poke’s parent in the low nine figures.