The company is creating a new category of real-time communications through Web, apps and other smart devices requiring video communication.
Xiao Tian Cai kids smartwatch is able to support high-definition video communication under sustainable 4G network with low-cost with SDK provided by Agora.ioz（声网）, reported by Tech China.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Agora.io has a Research &Design center in Shanghai. ZHAO Bin（赵斌）, a founding engineer at WebEx Communications (acquired by Cisco) and former chief technology officer of Chinese social media giant YY.com, founded Agora.io in 2014. The company soon become a high-growth Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) provider delivering mobile-first, real-time communications for developers and businesses globally, according to Crunchbase. Agora.io provides for developers with real time SDK (software development kit) and application programming interfaces (APIs). Agora.io’s proprietary Software-Defined Real-Time Network (SD-RTN™) processes and routes an average of 10 billion minutes of live communications per month through 200 globally distributed data centers, reported by PR News.
The Web RTC(Real-Time Communication) market is estimated at USD 1.04 Billion in 2017 and is projected to reach USD 6.49 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 44.2% during the forecast period, according to Markets and Markets. WebRTC solution is expected to hold the largest market share in the WebRTC market.
The report attributes some of the major factors driving the WebRTC market to demand for secure & robust communication, webification of communications, and enterprises requiring improvement in customer relationship.
The company is backed by Coatue Management, SIG, Morningside and Shunwei Capital, and Agora.io's total capital raised to USD 125 million to date.
September, ZHAO announced Agora.io’s SDK has served more than 100 thousands of developers, connecting more than 1 billion devices, processing an average of 100 million minutes of live communications daily in Enable Real-time Internet held in Beijing.
The company is creating a new category of real-time communications through Web, apps and other smart devices requiring video communication.