Defendant

Agora, Inc.

1 case as defendant.

Company profile

Agora, Inc. is a publicly traded technology company specializing in Real-Time Engagement Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and conversational AI. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, and Shanghai, China, the company was founded in November 2013 by Tony Zhao. It trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol API. As of December 31, 2025, Agora, Inc. reported 543 employees. The company's Q1 2026 revenue was $37.7 million, and it had a market capitalization of approximately $318.75 million.

Agora provides developers with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Software Development Kits (SDKs) to embed real-time conversational AI, video calling, voice calling, interactive live streaming, and chat functionalities into their applications and IoT devices. Their offerings include core products like live voice and video calling, interactive live streaming, chat, and signaling, alongside extensions such as analytics, media services, digital whiteboard, and AI Noise Suppression. This technology is powered by Agora's Software-Defined Real-Time Network (SD-RTN), designed to ensure low-latency and high-quality real-time engagement.

In terms of patent litigation, Agora, Inc. appears to operate primarily as a defendant. The company has been involved in one tracked case as a defendant and zero as a plaintiff. This posture suggests that Agora, Inc. is an operating company defending its products and services against patent infringement claims.

The sole tracked case, ContentNexus LLC v. Agora, Inc., was filed in the Eastern District of Texas, a jurisdiction known for a high volume of patent litigation. The lawsuit involved two patents related to signal processing apparatus and methods, asserted against Agora's real-time engagement and communications technology. ContentNexus LLC voluntarily dismissed the case without prejudice in February 2026.