{"id":36585,"date":"2018-10-16T09:54:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=7a408ae3940b643e7abdd1926dfd9b83"},"modified":"2018-10-16T09:54:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:54:34","slug":"twilio-acquires-sendgrid-to-add-email-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/twilio-acquires-sendgrid-to-add-email-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Twilio acquires SendGrid to add email capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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16 Oct, 2018<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cloud communication specialist Twilio has agreed on a deal to acquired email API platform SendGrid for $2 billion.<\/p>\n

The deal is expected to be finalised in the first half of 2019 and under the terms of the transaction, a Twilio subsidiary will merge with SendGrid, which itself will survive as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Twilio.<\/p>\n

“Increasingly, our customers are asking us to solve all of their strategic communications challenges, regardless of channel. Email is a vital communications channel for companies around the world and so it was important to us to include this capability in our platform,”\u00a0said Jeff Lawson, Twilio’s co-founder.<\/p>\n

“The two companies share the same vision, the same model and the same values. We believe this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring together the two leading developer-focused communications platforms to create the unquestioned platform of choice for all companies looking to transform their customer engagement.”<\/p>\n

By joining together, the two companies can offer a single platform to manage multiple communication channels, such as audio, video and text messaging and now email as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Twilio said its mission is to “fuel the future of communications” and that its latest acquisition “brings together the two leading communication platforms for developers”.<\/p>\n

Last year the company enabled developers to create multi-user augmented reality content<\/a> via APIs that could provide information on AR objects over a live video stream. The programmable video service can be used for collaboration on 3D assets with industries such as architecture and engineering, where AR can enable visualising a project while working remotely.<\/p>\n

The company also provides solutions that enable digital transformations, such as the chatbots currently being used by Marks & Spencer<\/a> within its call centres. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

16 Oct, 2018 <\/p>\n

Cloud communication specialist Twilio has agreed on a deal to acquired email API platform SendGrid for $2 billion.
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