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Singapore's Acti launches AI-agent keyboard, raises $5.3M

July 1, 2026 at 03:05 EDT

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Singapore startup Acti on June 30, 2026 formally launched an "agentic keyboard" for iOS and Android, and disclosed a $5.3 million seed round led by BITKRAFT Ventures. The app replaces the existing keyboard and lets users summon an AI agent directly from any app's text field.

June 30 · Acti (Singapore)

The "Agentic Keyboard" Turns Typing Into Action

Acti embeds AI agents directly into the iOS & Android keyboard — "press to type, hold to act." Backed by a $5.3M seed round, it reframes text input as a cross-app context layer that converts intent straight into tasks.

$5.3M

Seed round, led by BITKRAFT Ventures

1,000+

"Skills" built by testers in under 2 weeks

300M

Peak DAU CEO scaled at Facemoji Keyboard

Pre-launch traction

Testers created 500+ Skills per week — natural-language shortcuts, no code required.

Week 1

Weeks 1–2

1,000+ total

How it works — "Press to type, hold to act"

Type intent

Text becomes the carrier of intent

→

Hold Acti Bar

Triggers the AI agent

→

Action done in-keyboard

Translate, share links, tasks — no app switch

Model

Google Gemini

Platforms

iOS · Android

Privacy

Local-first, on-device

Business

Subscription

The promise

Cross-app context retention
Agentic actions completed in-keyboard
Custom Skills in natural language, shareable on a marketplace

Open questions

Everyday reliability & accuracy unproven
Privacy behavior in real use
Real-world use cases still limited at launch

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