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Glowing.io (YC W18) — Unified, enterprise messaging platform for leading brands of the world

Glowing enables leading global brands and their customers to text message with each other via existing popular mobile messaging platforms. Our solution allows for brands to appeal to millennials (and other digital travelers) as well as to the “silent guests” who prefer messaging as their primary communication channel.

Glowing.io is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2018 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Unified, enterprise messaging platform for leading brands of the world. The founder listed is Jasen Lew (Founder/CEO) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 1, 2017).

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New accelerator entry · 2017-11-01 · the record

Winter 2018
batch
11
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2018
Announced2017-11-01
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size11
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B
SectorsSaaS, B2B, Messaging
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedLas Vegas, NV, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://www.glowing.io
Previously known asGlowing.io, Glowing

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Glowing enables leading global brands and their customers to text message with each other via existing popular mobile messaging platforms. Our solution allows for brands to appeal to millennials (and other digital travelers) as well as to the “silent guests” who prefer messaging as their primary communication channel.

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