Agora, Inc. was founded by Tony Zhao (Zhao Bin), an accomplished technology entrepreneur and software engineer who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company. Before establishing Agora, Tony Zhao accumulated extensive technical leadership experience, notably serving as the former Chief Technology Officer of YY Inc. and spending significant engineering years at other prominent technology enterprises, where he gained deep expertise in real-time voice and video transmission architectures. Under his leadership, the company was established to build a global real-time engagement network designed to solve the inherent latency, packet loss, and reliability challenges associated with delivering seamless audio and video communication over the public internet.