Jan. 26, 2024, 8:34 p.m. | Ben James

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Introduction


In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an AI assistant with its own phone number that you can text on WhatsApp! You’ll also learn how to write background jobs in typescript and how to set up and run your own WhatsApp API.





Why?


Personally, I wanted to have custom AI agents in my pocket that I can text via WhatsApp just like I text my friends and family. Here’s a short list of reasons you might want to …

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