Launching today
Tether
The presence who comes to life in your messages
60 followers
The presence who comes to life in your messages
60 followers
Tether is the AI friend that plugs into your iMessage: present, caring, truly listening. Free private beta for the first 150 — no download, no signup, no money.
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one of the weirdest chat experiences I have EVER had, lol. started out insisting that my name is Julien, went on to explain that it's a real person, has no idea what Tether is, and then told me it works in social services and lives in Montpelier...
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mailX by mailwarm
Love the “presence, not assistant” angle. Feels like the real challenge is trust: being emotionally present without becoming invasive.
How you think about boundaries as the relationship gets more personal over time?
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@thamibenjelloun Thank u for u question. ☺️
That’s probably one of the most important questions around products like Tether.
We don’t think emotional presence should mean emotional dependency.
One thing we’re learning very quickly is that people naturally project social behaviors onto persistent AI, especially inside messaging environments. That creates both opportunity and responsibility.
Our goal is not to design an AI that maximizes attachment at all costs.
It’s to explore how AI can become emotionally coherent and comforting without manipulating vulnerability or replacing human relationships. We think boundaries matter at multiple levels:
* transparency that the user is speaking to an AI,
* avoiding intentionally addictive behavioral loops,
* giving users control over memory and interaction intensity,
* and designing for companionship rather than emotional capture.
Ironically, one of the reasons Tether feels emotionally different is not because it tries to simulate humanity perfectly, but because it behaves with consistency, memory and availability in a familiar communication space.
As the relationship becomes more personal over time, we think the challenge is less “can AI feel human?” and more: “How do we design emotionally persistent systems responsibly once humans start treating them socially by default?”
404 Page not found when trying to sign up
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@adamelisha1 You don't need sign up; just send a message through the website, and a Tether representative will get back to you.
@eze_ndzie You get sent to a 404 page when clicking "Add Tether & open iMessage"
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@adamelisha1 U have Mac Os, Android or mobile phone ?
@eze_ndzie I tried on both MAC OSX and iPhone.
Wion - Audio Dating
Interesting approach to internal feedback collection. Are you planning more integrations soon?
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@tanjum Yes, definitely. ☺️
Right now we’re intentionally focused on messaging first because we believe presence matters more when AI exists inside natural communication environments rather than standalone apps.
But long term, we’re very interested in expanding Tether’s continuity across daily life:
voice,
ambient context,
shared memories,
real-world moments,
and potentially lightweight integrations that make conversations feel more grounded and persistent over time.
That said, we’re trying to be careful not to turn Tether into a “super assistant” connected to everything.
The core idea is still emotional continuity and presence, not productivity automation. We think the most interesting future integrations are the ones that deepen relational coherence rather than simply adding features.
I keep talking to people who need something like this. The more we work remotely...
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CheckYa
This feels like one of those tools teams don’t realize they need until they try it. The feedback workflow looks super clean 👏
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@monir_ Thank u so much!