Exclusive: PhoneUse founder says big platforms "never detect" its robot-tapped iPhones for AI agents
Abdulla Ababakre told RuntimeWire the robot-driven iPhones are still sold after purchase, even as PhoneUse's own rules bar customers from defeating platform protections.
By Morgan Laning · Published · Updated
Primary source: phoneuse.com
Why it matters
AI agents increasingly need to work inside phone apps that were built for people, and PhoneUse is betting that real hardware will let them do it without being flagged. The founder's on-record claim that platforms "never detect" the robot-tapped phones puts that bet in plain terms, and it tests how apps like Instagram, TikTok and Uber will police agent traffic they cannot tell apart from a person.
PhoneUse, a San Francisco startup that rents phones to AI agents, says the physical side of its service goes unnoticed by the apps it is used on. "Our physical approach is the best in the entire world, the big platforms never detect it," founder Abdulla Ababakre told RuntimeWire in an email on Friday.…
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