Agora
Santa Clara, US · 3 known investors
Agora provides APIs and a real-time engagement platform that enables developers to embed voice, video, interactive streaming, chat, and AI capabilities into their applications. The platform handles real-time data transmission across 200+ countries using its Software-Defined Real-Time Network.
Also known as Agora · Agora Lab, Inc. · agora.io · 声网
Founders & leadership
Investors · 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Agora (agora.io) sells developer-facing APIs and SDKs for real-time engagement, marketed today with an emphasis on conversational AI infrastructure. Its published product catalog includes a Conversational AI Engine (listed as beta), Video Calling, Voice Calling, Interactive Live Streaming, Broadcast Streaming, Chat, Interactive Whiteboard, Signaling, and IoT products. The conversational AI positioning centers on connecting any large language model or existing AI agent with a customer's choice of ASR and TTS to support real-time voice conversations, with features described as interruption handling, noise suppression and natural conversational flow, plus "Live Avatars" that synchronize virtual avatars to speech audio.
The offering is delivered over what the company calls its Real-Time Network, described as engineered for intelligent routing and optimized for ultra-low latency, and positioned as distinct from the public internet. The company states figures of roughly 80 billion minutes of communication per month, 450,000 developers, deployment on more than 3 billion devices, more than 1,800 organizations served, sub-200ms global latency and 99.999% uptime. It also cites 24/7 customer support and compliance with SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA.
Developer onboarding is offered through SDKs, UI kits and a no-code path, with code samples published for Android, iOS/macOS, Windows, Web, Electron, Flutter, React Native, Unity and Unreal. The company also publishes a podcast covering topics such as production speech systems and voice AI latency.
Business model
Agora supplies communication and AI infrastructure as APIs/SDKs that customers integrate into their own applications, rather than selling an end-user application. Sources reviewed do not state pricing or contract structure.
Traction
Company-reported usage figures as of 2025: about 80 billion communication minutes per month, 450,000 developers, deployment across more than 3 billion devices, and more than 1,800 organizations as customers. These are self-reported and not independently verified in the sources reviewed.
Latest developments
Current site content foregrounds conversational AI: a Conversational AI Engine in beta, live avatar capabilities synced to speech audio, and support for integrating any LLM with chosen ASR and TTS providers. A recent podcast episode with AssemblyAI covers building production speech systems.
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Market position
Positions itself as an industry-leading real-time engagement and conversational AI infrastructure provider, citing scale metrics of 450,000 developers, 3+ billion devices and 1,800+ organizations; the sources reviewed contain no third-party market-share or competitive benchmarking data.
Marketed on the basis of its own managed real-time network rather than public-internet delivery, claimed sub-200ms global latency and 99.999% uptime, breadth of modular products spanning human-to-human and human-to-AI interaction, LLM/ASR/TTS vendor neutrality in its conversational AI engine, and enterprise compliance certifications.
Technology
A proprietary real-time network described as using intelligent routing and optimized for ultra-low latency (stated at under 200ms globally), positioned as an alternative to routing over the public internet. On top of it sit modular APIs for voice, video, live and broadcast streaming, chat, signaling, interactive whiteboard and IoT, plus a beta Conversational AI Engine that composes third-party LLMs, ASR and TTS with interruption handling, noise suppression and speech-synced live avatars. Client SDKs are published for Android, iOS/macOS, Windows, Web, Electron, Flutter, React Native, Unity and Unreal.
Go-to-market
Self-serve, developer-led adoption via documentation, SDKs, UI kits and a no-code option, with free trial-style "Get Started" entry points, alongside a sales-assisted "Talk to Us" motion and enterprise support. Content marketing includes a podcast on voice AI engineering topics.
Developers and engineering teams embedding real-time voice, video, chat or AI agents into mobile, web and phone-based applications; the site references more than 1,800 organizations and enterprise buyers requiring SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA compliance and integration with existing enterprise systems.
Geography
The network is described as global with worldwide low-latency coverage; internal records list a Santa Clara, US headquarters. The fetched sources do not enumerate offices or country-level presence.
Risks & controversies
No controversies are documented in the sources reviewed. All operational and scale metrics available are self-reported by the company, and no independent financial, customer or performance verification is present in the material.
Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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primary sources listed
- 声网（NASDAQ: API）agora.io · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Agora do?
- Agora offers APIs and a global real-time network for embedding voice, video, chat and conversational AI into applications.
- Who founded Agora?
- Agora was founded by Tony Wang.
- Who are Agora's investors?
- Agora's investors include 500 Global, Coatue Management, Morningside Venture Capital Limited.
- Where is Agora headquartered?
- Agora is headquartered in Santa Clara, US.