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Layer rolls out turnkey messaging platform and Atlas UI tools for app developers
With the numbers of people using messaging apps already huge and still growing, many developers are looking for easy ways to build the functionality into their own apps. One startup, called Layer, has...
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15 interesting startups to watch in 2016
REVIEW: As we usher in another year, we brace for the next wave of innovation, disruption, consolidation, and dissolution. What will be the next big thing that everyone talks about? I’ve been asking...
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Layer muses on messaging’s future — and why some brands should skip Facebook
If there’s anything that Facebook Messenger, Slack, and Operator have shown, it’s that we’re in an era of conversational commerce. It’s an environment where phone calls are eschewed in favor of instant...
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Layer raises $15 million, confirms acquisition of Cola’s messaging platform
Layer has secured additional funding to further develop its messaging platform that lets brands and developers create a Facebook Messenger-like experience inside their own apps. The company today...
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Layer wins the startup battlefield at Disrupt
SAN FRANCISCO — The winner of the TechCrunch Disrupt startup battlefield is Layer. Layer is an “open communications layer for the Internet.” The technology makes it easier to build messaging, voice,...
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Rebtel shutters developer service, spins off Twilio competitor as separate...
You know that chat feature in your favorite dating app? Or that text message you get when your the car you ordered from your ride-sharing service has arrived? Well, those communications features can be...
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SendBird raises $52 million so developers can add messaging and chat features...
SendBird has raised $52 million in a series B round of funding to help developers add messaging and chat features to their apps.Read More
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SendBird closes $102 million round for its chat and messaging API platform
SendBird, which enables developers to integrate chat and messaging features into their apps, has closed its series B round at $102 million.Read More
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Layer to acquire assets of Cola’s messaging app service for $75,000
When Cola formally launched in 2016, bot technology was still in its infancy but showed promise with Slack, Kik, Microsoft, and Facebook all getting in on the act. Nearly 12 months later, Cola finds...
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Layer changes how brands and game companies cut licensing deals
Layer has a new way to tackle an old problem: how brands and game companies can get together and cut mutually beneficial licensing deals.Read More
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