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Agora, a Communications as a Service Company, Opens New Headquarters in the Heart of Silicon ValleyPALO ALTO, Calif., July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Agora, Inc., a communications as a service (CaaS) company enabling enterprises to add premium voice and video communications for any application through a simple, powerful SDK, today announced the opening of the company's new headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Agora CEO and Founder Tony Zhao led the engineering team that developed the early voice communications features for WebEx. "At this time, it is in the best interests of our organization to locate our headquarters in Silicon Valley where we can work very closely with our partners and dedicate more resources to tap into the fast-growing VoIP and real-time communications markets in the United States," said Tony Zhao, CEO and founder of Agora. "By having a Silicon Valley location, we look forward to engaging our U.S.-based partners and future partners in a more substantive way." For app to app voice and video communications, Agora uses proprietary HD audio/video codecs and an advanced voice engine to preserve premium voice and video quality across various devices and network conditions, supporting as many as 2,000 users on a single vice call.
Privately held and founded in 2014, Agora was founded by CEO Tony Zhao, former CTO and cofounder of YY.com, a Nasdaq-listed company (NASDAQ: YY). Prior to YY, Mr. Zhao was a core member of the early WebEx team, where he led the engineering team that developed the voice communication features of WebEx. Agora is backed by venture capital firms GGV, Morningside, SIG, ShunWei, and IDG. Agora's management team has held executive management positions at major technology companies, including YY, Intel, and DTS. About Agora, Inc. Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150722/240347LOGO
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