![]() Instead of building a better Webex like Zoom, Zhao wanted to build a better networking infrastructure for audio and video workloads, so more developers can build their own Zoom, Clubhouse, or virtual classrooms, concerts, doctor visits, and even places of worship - all of which are now real use cases on Agora. He was a founding engineer at Webex and worked with Eric Yuan, who founded Zoom. Its founder and CEO, Tony Zhao, has been a veteran technologist of the video and audio networking space for more than 15 years before starting Agora. Clubhouse was actually built on it in about a week.- Justin Caldbeck June 29, 2020Īgora’s founding story, core technology, API product model, and global market reach are also representative of a larger trend, where platforms built for developers will thrive, because the number of developers worldwide will double in the next five years. It’s called Agora ( ) and it just went public last week. ![]() (FYI, you can follow me on Chubhouse: for more Interconnected audio events there.) Thus, it more than deserves its own deep dive. Given its connection with Clubhouse (it’s built on Agora), the hottest social media app in Silicon Valley since perhaps Snapchat, Agora’s brand recognition may become more recognized and more people may want to know what it actually does. As a high-growth developer-focused firm, it’s a company I’ve been tracking for quite some time and briefly wrote about before. (An audio, live-discussion version of this post can be found on the Interconnected YouTube channel):Īgora is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company for developers to build apps with real-time audio and video capabilities.
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