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Twilio

Twilio Inc. is an American cloud communications company based in San Francisco, California, which provides programmable communication tools for making and receiving phone calls, sending and receiving text messages, and performing other communication functions using its web service APIs. Founded in 2008, the company received multiple rounds of funding…

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Founded
2008; 18 years ago (2008) in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Founders
Jeff Lawson · Evan Cooke · John Wolthuis
Industry
Communications
Headquarters
Rincon Center San Francisco, California, U.S.
Employees
5,587 (2025)
Key people
Khozema Shipchandler (CEO) · Mark Simms (CTO)

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Twilio

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Edges53
Triples106
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Twilio

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related to history · 26
Twilio → An, API, California, Evan Cooke, February, Global, GroupMe, January, Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, July, May, Michigan, On November, San Francisco, Seattle, Seed, September, SMS, Startups
related to Acquisitions · 22
Twilio → Authy, Beepsend, Berlin, Clef, Colorado-based, Combinator, Core Network Dynamics GmbH, Czech Republic, Denver, Germany-based, In February, In November, In October, In September, Kurento WebRTC, March, Prague, SendGrid, September, Swedish-based SMS
related to Technology · 13
Twilio → Amazon Web Services, API, APIs, HTTP Webhook, In June, Kyle Conroy, One, OpenVBX, Python, Rather, SIP, Stashboard, TwiML
related to Security incidents · 12
Twilio → Authy, In, In October, July, June, On August, ShinyHunters, Signal, SMS, The, Twilio API, Twilio's
Products · 7
Twilio → 2FA, Call Center, MMS, SIP trunking, SMS, Voice, WebRTC
Founders · 3
Twilio → Evan Cooke, Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis
related to External links · 3
Twilio → GoogleSEC, Official, Twilio Inc
Key people · 2
Twilio → Khozema Shipchandler (CEO), Mark Simms (CTO)
Subsidiaries · 2
Twilio → Authy, SendGrid
Traded as · 2
Twilio → NYSE: TWLO (Class A), S&P 400 component

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TwilioEmployees5,587 (2025)1.00infobox
TwilioFounded2008; 18 years ago (2008) in Seattle, Washington, U.S.1.00infobox
TwilioFoundersJeff Lawson1.00infobox
TwilioFoundersEvan Cooke1.00infobox
TwilioFoundersJohn Wolthuis1.00infobox
TwilioHeadquartersRincon Center San Francisco, California, U.S.1.00infobox
TwilioIndustryCommunications1.00infobox
TwilioKey peopleKhozema Shipchandler (CEO)1.00infobox
TwilioKey peopleMark Simms (CTO)1.00infobox
TwilioNet incomeUS$33.8 million (2025)1.00infobox
TwilioOperating incomeUS$158 million (2025)1.00infobox
TwilioProductsVoice1.00infobox
TwilioProductsSMS1.00infobox
TwilioProductsMMS1.00infobox
TwilioProductsSIP trunking1.00infobox
TwilioProductsWebRTC1.00infobox
TwilioProducts2FA1.00infobox
TwilioProductsCall Center1.00infobox
TwilioRevenueUS$5.07 billion (2025)1.00infobox
TwilioSubsidiariesAuthy1.00infobox
TwilioSubsidiariesSendGrid1.00infobox
TwilioTotal assetsUS$9.77 billion (2025)1.00infobox
TwilioTotal equityUS$7.82 billion (2025)1.00infobox
TwilioTraded asNYSE: TWLO (Class A)1.00infobox
TwilioTraded asS&P 400 component1.00infobox
TwilioType of businessPublic1.00infobox
TwilioURLtwilio.com1.00infobox

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