Presentation about Twilio

1. Twilio
Presented by Chelsea Pugh

2. Sample Products
● REST API
● iOS, JavaScript, and Android SDKs
● Helper libraries in a variety of languages
○ Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, nodejs, C#

3. Financials
● On track with $50 million revenues in 2013
● Was valued at $500 million in mid-2013
● $102.7 million in funding in 3 rounds

4. History of Company
● 2007: Launched
○ By 3 U of M alumni!
● 2008 Voice API launched
● 2010: Messaging launched
● 2011: Shortcodes
● 2013: Twilio snags Skype’s head of
engineering
● 2014: Partners with Google for call-center-in-a-
box

5. What’s hot?
● Mobile
● MMS
● VoIP vs. old-school carriers
● SIP trunking
● Virtual call centers
● Global communications

6. Special Sauce
● CEO who is constantly brimming with ideas
● Ability to pivot to adjust to the ever-changing
telecomm industry
● API allows users to control software as they
want
● “Software people” mindset
● Experience in telecomm and software
● Evangelism

7. Story Time
● How do you know when you have a good
idea?

8. Competition
● Facebook, Google, Microsoft
● Nexmo
○ Cheaper, per-second call pricing
● RebTel
○ No API
● Cisco

9. My Prediction
● Will bridge to the next generation of
communication
● Will continue to grow and become more
“corporate”
● May add other forms of communication to
the API