Matthew O’Riordan, CEO of Ably Realtime: Over $82 Million Raised to Build the Future of Realtime Experience Infrastructure

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matthew O’Riordan, CEO of Ably Realtime, a real time experience infrastructure platform that's raised over $82 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed:

• Matthew’s background growing up in South Africa, before eventually moving to the UK to found his first tech startup
• Holding various roles across a career, including CTO and CEO, and having a lifelong passion for coding
• Admiration for the Collison Brothers, founders of Stripe, for their focus on an excellent experience and empowering developers
• How GoogleDocs inspired the idea for Ably Realtime, and how they intend to standout by creating more interactive applications
• The challenges faced by companies across numerous sectors in ensuring sub-100 millisecond latency for a true real-time feel

 

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