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  "markdown": "Co-founder, The Interaction Company of California; joined Cognition.\n\nMarvin von Hagen co-founded The Interaction Company of California, maker of the texting assistant Poke, which joined Cognition in July 2026. He previously worked at Tesla and, at the Technical University of Munich, founded TUM Boring, leading a 65-person team whose tunnel boring machine won the Not-a-Boring Competition.\n\n- X: https://x.com/marvinvonhagen\n\n## What Marvin builds\n\n- [Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md), graded F, 37.7/100, in Personal assistants. Hosted personal assistant from The Interaction Company of California, reached by text on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS. It works across the owner's Gmail or Outlook mail, calendar, contacts and connected apps. Co-founder, The Interaction Company of California; joined Cognition, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Felix Schlegel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/felix-schlegel/), Co-founder, The Interaction Company of California; joined Cognition\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Marvin von Hagen?\n\nMarvin von Hagen co-founded The Interaction Company of California, maker of the texting assistant Poke, which joined Cognition in July 2026. He previously worked at Tesla and, at the Technical University of Munich, founded TUM Boring, leading a 65-person team whose tunnel boring machine won the Not-a-Boring Competition.\n\n### What does The Interaction Company of California / Cognition make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Poke from The Interaction Company of California / Cognition. Hosted personal assistant from The Interaction Company of California, reached by text on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS. It works across the owner's Gmail or Outlook mail, calendar, contacts and connected apps.\n\n### Who has invested in The Interaction Company of California / Cognition?\n\nThe sources our research read name General Catalyst.\n\n### How are Marvin's tools graded?\n\nPoke is graded F, 37.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://marvinvonhagen.com\n- https://cognition.com/blog/interaction\n- https://x.com/marvinvonhagen\n- https://felixschlegel.io\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixmschlegel\n- https://x.com/felixms\n- https://poke.com/\n- https://poke.com\n- https://x.com/interaction\n- https://www.linkedin.com/company/interactionco\n- https://poke.com/faq\n- https://poke.com/terms\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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