Demand for Agora’s APIs mirrors societal shift
towards real-time engagement
Agora,
Inc. (NASDAQ: API), a real-time engagement API provider, today announced
steep growth across its customer base in Q2 driven by increased demand for
real-time engagement (RTE) technology. Agora, with dual headquarters in
New
Agora customers built features like audio and video live streaming into
applications even as COVID-19-related social distancing requirements eased.
Real-time engagement technology rapidly reached widespread adoption as
companies shifted critical business functions to the virtual world. Sources
like Gartner report 74% of CFOs plan to shift some employees to
remote work permanently post-pandemic, making virtual experiences an integral
common part of modern daily life.
In
Q2, Agora inked new partnerships with industry leaders in IT, social gaming,
online dating, and more. Partners turned to Agora to create unique use cases
like:
Online Learning:
Applejax makes it easy for parents to find quality
teachers for tutoring and pod-based learning. Quality education needs good
teachers, that is why 100% of Applejax's teachers are credentialed. Applejax
partnered with Agora to develop virtual whiteboards and real-time engagement
via video between teachers and students. Both features play an integral role in
collaborative learning ensuring your child is learning at the highest level.
PandaTree, a remote language tutoring service, tapped
Agora’s SDKs to improve business continuity and ensure streaming quality for
its virtual tutoring sessions. With Agora’s SDK in place, PandaTree scaled to
meet a 300% increase in user demand when shelter-in-place measures were first
enacted. Agora’s network, which delivers extremely low latency, also enabled
tutors to host innovative lessons with shared real-time visuals and engagement.
Streamed Fitness Experiences:
MixPose used Agora’s API to build live streaming
into its platform for yoga instructors leading real-time classes, allowing
instructors and viewers to capture the experience of a guided session. Agora’s
video SDK pairs with MixPose’s AI functions to evaluate the yoga poses of
participants, helping to offer guidance and track progress.
Socializing While Distanced:
VirtualTaproom pioneered the
application of video chat to connect craft beer enthusiasts for networking and
virtual brewery experiences. With Agora, VirtualTaproom took the craft beer
tasting experience online with live-streaming virtual “taprooms,” digital
“tipping” and other interactive features. In connection with this year’s Craft
Beer Professionals Virtual Conference, VirtualTaproom welcomed 5,000 attendees
to a virtual afterparty and trade show.
Sesh used Agora’s RTE technology to
build a unique video app for free-flowing group hangouts and personal safety.
Sesh allows users to spontaneously start, join or watch video hangouts on their private groups
in an organic and flexible manner. Additionally, the “Safety Sesh” feature
allows users to easily broadcast their live video and location to their
preselected safety contacts in times of perceived danger or insecurity.
Remote Collaboration:
VirBELA, an immersive platform that offers virtual
campuses for offices and educational institutions, is redefining the future of
business, events and education with Agora’s RTE capabilities. Using 3D technology,
VirBELA creates dynamic virtual campuses that allow groups of people to engage
in real-time through avatars.
Immersive Virtual Events:
InEvent used Agora’s SDKs to add
real-time engagement features to its platform, which provides a no-code way to
create immersive virtual event experiences complete with live-streamed speaking
sessions. InEvent’s engaging, easy-to-use platform provides a virtual solution
for summits and conferences derailed by social distancing restrictions.
Agora partners receive 10,000 free minutes
of use each month hosted on Agora’s proprietary Software-Defined Real-Time
Network (SD-RTN™), which delivers extremely low latency and high availability.
This flexible pricing model allows Agora to scale with its customers, making
Agora easy to seamlessly build into digital strategies.