Mira AI agent launches inside Telegram group chats

The Open Platform has launched Mira, an AI agent built into Telegram, extending the service to Telegram's wider user base after an earlier limited release.

Mira works inside personal chats and group conversations, allowing users to carry out tasks without leaving the chat window. Users can add the agent to a group with @mira or message it directly.

The launch reflects a wider push to place AI tools inside the apps where people already organise work and social activity, rather than asking them to switch to separate software. Telegram passed 1 billion monthly active users last year, giving products built inside the platform a large installed audience.

Mira first became available in February and has now passed 2 million users, according to TOP. The service has more than 500,000 monthly active users, with usage doubling month on month, and has been adopted in more than 50,000 Telegram groups.

Group chat discovery appears to be a notable source of growth. TOP says more than one-third of new users now first encounter Mira in group conversations before starting to use it themselves.

Group focus

TOP is pitching Mira as much around collaboration as individual assistance. Many AI products remain geared to one-to-one interactions, while team discussions still often require people to copy outputs into messaging threads or separate work tools.

It argues this creates friction by splitting context between private and shared conversations. Mira is designed to address that by retaining memory across both personal and group interactions, allowing the assistant to draw on information from ongoing chats in each setting.

The product is being positioned for a broad range of uses, from meeting scheduling and discussion summaries to project coordination and content creation. Users are also turning to specialised agents for areas such as financial insights, career planning and nutrition guidance, according to TOP.

Mira connects with more than 900 services, including Google Calendar, Notion, Gmail, GitHub and Canva. It also supports voice interaction on mobile and desktop.

AI routing

Mira routes tasks across several AI providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Minimax, ByteDance and ElevenLabs, according to TOP. That allows the system to choose different models for different jobs rather than rely on a single provider.

The company has also introduced a Private Mode linked to Cocoon, a decentralised GPU network developed for Telegram and built on the TON blockchain. According to TOP, this allows requests to be handled on private infrastructure instead of being sent to outside providers.

The feature ties the launch to TOP's wider business in Telegram-based Web3 products. The company is also known for developing Wallet in Telegram and other services linked to the platform's digital asset ecosystem.

The release comes as technology companies test whether AI assistants can become a standard part of communication software rather than standalone destinations. Recent moves by other AI developers to bring assistants into shared chat spaces suggest growing interest in collaborative use cases, especially as businesses look for gains beyond individual productivity.

TOP cited research from Atlassian showing that while AI has improved personal productivity, many companies have yet to see broad organisational benefits. Its argument is that AI embedded in group conversations could help close that gap by keeping tasks, decisions and context in one place.

Daria Yakovleva, Chief Executive Officer of Mira, outlined that view: "People don't want to interact with AI in isolation. They want an agent that works with them where decisions are already made-inside personal and group chats. Mira is turning chat into a single interface for the internet, where people can search, plan and act without ever leaving the conversation."