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Twilio: Powerful API For Phone Services That Can Recreate GrandCentral In 15 Lines Of Code

53 points by qhoxie 18y ago

drm237 18y ago
I got a chance to talk to Jeff from Twilio over a month ago and the service looks really promising, especially once they get some speech recognition integrated. Definitely check it out!
rantfoil 18y ago
I met Jeff from Twilio at a conference recently -- his pitch was instantly very compelling. It's one of those a-ha ideas that I think is going to go a really long way.
chime 18y ago
I think I'm going to play around with this service soon. Seems very exciting.
rokhayakebe 18y ago
Here is a startup with a "clear" business model: Pay as you go.
redorb 18y ago
After looking into it, I'm very impressed; simply amazing how simple it makes it.
thomasswift 18y ago
> Note, the preferred stack is Apache with Erlang running on a linux hacked Coleco that's missing one controller. Quality stuff on the home page. I'm excited about this service.
- comatose_kid 18y ago
  I wasn't aware that Linux ran on the z80...
jeffiel 18y ago
Hi Guys, thanks for the kind words about Twilio. If any YC folks want invites, just hit me up: jeff@twilio.com. Can't wait to see what you guys can build.
bprater 18y ago
Damn impressive. Make sure you hit up the site's homepage and look at the 4 demos they have available. I don't know if you can really do GrandCentral in 15 lines, but the examples they provide get the mouth watering.
vaksel 18y ago
someone SHOULD recreate GrandCentral. Its been a long time since Google bought them, and people still can't register new accounts.
jhancock 18y ago
I like the simplified API. Can anyone recommend an ultra-simple API for SMSs? I am soon to need a lib (maybe for ruby) that has such simple semantics but for SMSs. One key attribute I'll need is to easily associate SMS replies to the context of the previous send. This will be my first SMS app, so any pointers would be appreciated.
- jvyduna 18y ago
  At PollEverywhere, we got a great head start from textmarks.com (41411). Although we may outgrow it, it's got the most straightforward API of any. We're also big fans of Twilio. We're eager for dictionary-constrained speech recognition. Great job, Jeff.
ajju 18y ago
What an awesome idea! This could be very useful to us.Kudos.
tsally 18y ago
Wow, this looks really great. I'm excited to see how far this goes. Just out of curiousity, is your blog supposed to be invite only (it is at the moment)?
mseebach 18y ago
It could be made clearer that it won't work outside US/Canada.
mmelin 18y ago
This is really an awesome product with a classic, real business model: "Here's something that lets you build stuff to make money a lot faster than before. Please give us money for it." I love it! Also: international outbound calls are hopefully around the corner, since that's a key requirement for what I have in mind.
raja 18y ago
Twilio looks very impressive and we are seriously considering using it. Has anyone written an app with it yet or looked at the competitive landscape? Ribbit? RB

53 points by qhoxie 18y ago

I got a chance to talk to Jeff from Twilio over a month ago and the service looks really promising, especially once they get some speech recognition integrated. Definitely check it out!

rantfoil 18y ago

I met Jeff from Twilio at a conference recently -- his pitch was instantly very compelling. It's one of those a-ha ideas that I think is going to go a really long way.

chime 18y ago

I think I'm going to play around with this service soon. Seems very exciting.

rokhayakebe 18y ago

Here is a startup with a "clear" business model: Pay as you go.

redorb 18y ago

After looking into it, I'm very impressed; simply amazing how simple it makes it.

thomasswift 18y ago

> Note, the preferred stack is Apache with Erlang running on a linux hacked Coleco that's missing one controller. Quality stuff on the home page. I'm excited about this service.

comatose_kid 18y ago
I wasn't aware that Linux ran on the z80...

jeffiel 18y ago

Hi Guys, thanks for the kind words about Twilio. If any YC folks want invites, just hit me up: jeff@twilio.com. Can't wait to see what you guys can build.

bprater 18y ago

Damn impressive. Make sure you hit up the site's homepage and look at the 4 demos they have available. I don't know if you can really do GrandCentral in 15 lines, but the examples they provide get the mouth watering.

vaksel 18y ago

someone SHOULD recreate GrandCentral. Its been a long time since Google bought them, and people still can't register new accounts.

jhancock 18y ago

I like the simplified API. Can anyone recommend an ultra-simple API for SMSs? I am soon to need a lib (maybe for ruby) that has such simple semantics but for SMSs. One key attribute I'll need is to easily associate SMS replies to the context of the previous send. This will be my first SMS app, so any pointers would be appreciated.

jvyduna 18y ago
At PollEverywhere, we got a great head start from textmarks.com (41411). Although we may outgrow it, it's got the most straightforward API of any. We're also big fans of Twilio. We're eager for dictionary-constrained speech recognition. Great job, Jeff.

ajju 18y ago

What an awesome idea! This could be very useful to us.Kudos.

tsally 18y ago

Wow, this looks really great. I'm excited to see how far this goes. Just out of curiousity, is your blog supposed to be invite only (it is at the moment)?

mseebach 18y ago

It could be made clearer that it won't work outside US/Canada.

mmelin 18y ago

This is really an awesome product with a classic, real business model: "Here's something that lets you build stuff to make money a lot faster than before. Please give us money for it." I love it! Also: international outbound calls are hopefully around the corner, since that's a key requirement for what I have in mind.

raja 18y ago

Twilio looks very impressive and we are seriously considering using it. Has anyone written an app with it yet or looked at the competitive landscape? Ribbit? RB