Agora Powers Agnes AI to Launch Next-Generation AI Group Chat and Multi-Agent Collaboration System

Rhea-AI Summary

Agora (NASDAQ: API) announced that Agnes AI selected Agora Chat to power a next-generation AI group chat and multi-agent collaboration system on Dec 1, 2025. Agnes AI reported 200,000+ DAU and 3 million registered users, is fundraising at a US$100M valuation, and projects 1M DAU by Q1 2026 and 5M DAU by end-2026. Integration uses Agora's SDRTN® to enable low-latency AI participation, instant summarization, real-time co-editing, synchronized threads, and multi-agent workflows across Asia and Latin America.

Agnes claims CodeAgents deliver 20% higher reasoning accuracy and 40% lower token costs; a Vibepod headset prototype is also previewed.

Positive

• 200,000+ DAU and 3M registered users
• Projected 1M DAU by Q1 2026; 5M DAU by end-2026
• Integration with SDRTN® for low-latency global collaboration
• 20% higher reasoning accuracy claimed for CodeAgents
• 40% lower token costs claimed for multi-agent workflows
• Parent company fundraising at US$100M valuation

Negative

• None.

News Market Reaction

+1.09%

1 alert

+1.09% News Effect

On the day this news was published, API gained 1.09%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.

Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.

Key Figures

Daily Active Users: 200,000+ DAU Registered Users: 3 million users Fundraising Valuation: US$100M valuation +5 more

8 metrics

Daily Active Users 200,000+ DAU Agnes AI usage shortly after mobile app launch

Registered Users 3 million users Agnes AI total registered users

Fundraising Valuation US$100M valuation SAPIENS fundraising driven by Agnes AI growth

DAU Target Q1 2026 1M DAU Agnes AI projected daily active users by Q1 2026

DAU Target FY 2026 5M DAU Agnes AI projected daily active users by end-2026

Reasoning Accuracy Lift 20% higher reasoning accuracy Agnes AI CodeAgents architecture

Token Cost Reduction 40% lower token costs Agnes AI multi-agent workflows

Concurrent Agents up to 200 agents Wide Research multi-agent activation

Market Reality Check

Price: $4.47 Vol: Volume 222,733 is below t...

low vol

$4.47 Last Close

Volume Volume 222,733 is below the 20-day average of 414,853, suggesting a modest pre-news response. low

Technical Price at $3.73 is trading slightly below the 200-day MA of $3.81 and 46.64% under the 52-week high.

Peers on Argus

API was up 0.79% while peers were mixed: BZAI +1.26%, LAW +1.02%, PUBM +2.08%, T...

API was up 0.79% while peers were mixed: BZAI +1.26%, LAW +1.02%, PUBM +2.08%, TRAK +0.29%, OOMA -0.09%, indicating a stock-specific move tied to AI news rather than a broad sector swing.

Historical Context

5 past events · Latest: Dec 01 (Positive)

Pattern 5 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	Move	Catalyst
Dec 01	AI partnership	Positive	+1.1%	Agnes AI selects Agora Chat for multi-agent group collaboration at scale.
Nov 19	Earnings results	Positive	+0.6%	Q3 2025 revenue growth, return to net income, and Q4 guidance provided.
Nov 06	AI collaboration	Positive	+0.9%	Akool streaming avatars integrated into Agora’s conversational AI platform.
Nov 06	Earnings date	Neutral	+0.9%	Announcement of Q3 2025 earnings release and conference call timing.
Oct 15	AI voice bots	Positive	+2.3%	Exotel AgentStream integration to deliver AI voice bots across channels.

Pattern Detected

Recent AI and earnings headlines for API have mostly seen modest positive price reactions, though a few AI showcases drew negative responses, indicating mixed sensitivity to AI-related announcements.

Recent Company History

Over the last six months, Agora has repeatedly highlighted AI initiatives and improving fundamentals. The company reported Q3 2025 revenue of $35.4M with a shift to $2.7M net income and its fourth consecutive GAAP profitable quarter on Nov 19, 2025. Multiple AI collaborations—Exotel voice bots, Akool avatars, and now Agnes AI’s group chat—build on its Conversational AI Engine and SDRTN® network. Past AI news produced both positive and negative moves, so today’s Agnes integration fits an ongoing AI expansion theme but not an unusually large reaction pattern.

Market Pulse Summary

This announcement highlighted Agora Chat’s role in powering Agnes AI’s next-generation group collabo...

Analysis

This announcement highlighted Agora Chat’s role in powering Agnes AI’s next-generation group collaboration, anchored by 200,000+ DAU, 3M registered users, and a US$100M fundraising valuation for its parent. It fits a series of AI-focused integrations that extend Agora’s Conversational AI Engine into avatars, voice bots, and now multi-agent workspaces. Investors may track whether such deals translate into revenue growth, usage expansion across regions, and continued profitability after Q3 2025’s GAAP-positive quarter.

Key Terms

Conversational AI Engine, multi-agent reasoning, prototype

3 terms

Conversational AI Engine technical

"Agora's real-time, low-latency Conversational AI Engine."

A conversational AI engine is a software system that understands written or spoken language and generates human-like responses, similar to a digital assistant that can hold a back-and-forth conversation. For investors it matters because this technology can power customer support, automate tasks, personalize services, and create new product opportunities, which can change a company’s costs, revenue potential, and competitive position much like hiring a highly scalable workforce.

multi-agent reasoning technical

"document and presentation creation, multi-agent reasoning, and real-time team collaboration"

Multi-agent reasoning describes how multiple decision-making systems or 'agents'—which can be software programs, automated traders, or human teams aided by algorithms—think, communicate and make choices together to solve a problem or respond to a situation. Like a group of specialists coordinating on a project, their interactions can lead to smarter, faster solutions or unexpected behaviors; investors care because this coordination can change trading patterns, risk, execution quality and the reliability of automated strategies.

prototype technical

"previewing an early prototype of the Vibepod, an AI-powered headset concept"

A prototype is an early, working model of a product or process that demonstrates key features and how it will function in the real world. For investors, a prototype matters because it turns abstract ideas into tangible evidence that technical risks are being addressed—like seeing a concept car run on a track—helping judge whether a project is feasible, how long development might take, and how much further investment or regulatory approval will be needed.

AI-generated analysis. Not financial advice.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Agora, Inc. (NASDAQ: API), the leading platform for real-time engagement and conversational AI, today announced that Agnes AI, one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing AI-native work platforms, has chosen Agora Chat to power its new AI Group Chat and multi-agent collaboration system. This integration marks a significant milestone in real-time, AI-enhanced teamwork and multi-agent productivity at scale.

Agnes AI—co-founded by Bruce Yang—has become one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing AI platforms, reaching 200,000+ DAU and 3 million registered users just months after launching its mobile app, and its parent company SAPIENS is currently fundraising at a US$100M valuation driven by rapid user growth and global expansion momentum. Agnes is on track to reach 1M DAU by Q1 2026 and 5M DAU by year-end 2026. 

Integration Highlights & Benefits:

Agnes AI's next-generation collaboration experience is now powered by Agora's ultra-low-latency SDRTN®, enabling:

• AI that joins and contributes to group conversations
• Instant summarization and shared context
• Real-time co-editing, research, and multi-agent reasoning
• Synchronized threads across devices and regions

Agora's global SDRTN® ensures low-latency, high-reliability messaging for users across Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Argentina, Colombia, and beyond. "Multi-agent collaboration is quickly becoming the next frontier of workplace technology, and Agnes AI is ahead of that curve. Agora Chat provides the low-latency, real-time infrastructure that makes this new class of AI-native workflows possible. We're excited to support a platform that is setting the pace for how teams and AI agents will work together globally," said Tony Wang, Co-founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Agora.

Watch the platform in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS0G2ScKgjQ

Agnes AI: The AI-Native Office System Built for Everyone

Agnes AI is not a chatbot—it is a full AI-native office system designed to eliminate the global "toggling tax" by replacing fragmented tools with one unified, intelligent workspace. The platform combines search and research, design and image generation, document and presentation creation, multi-agent reasoning, and real-time team collaboration—driven by advanced multi-agent intelligence, led by CEO Bruce Yang, a PhD researcher at NUS and a former Microsoft/LinkedIn engineer.

The platform combines several tools into one intelligent workspace. Its CoVibe group chat enables teams to invite colleagues via phone, email, or username and collaborate with the AI assistant, @Agnes, in real time, generating or remixing slides, images, videos, research summaries, and answers instantly. Filters offers visual and animation templates for transforming photos into social-media-ready content, while Explore curates up-to-date news and stories with interactive AI-assisted analysis.

Advanced features include Deep Design, a multi-agent workflow for critiquing and improving visual content, and Wide Research, which can activate up to 200 agents simultaneously to conduct market analysis, synthesize insights from multiple sources, and develop strategy documents. Built on the proprietary CodeAgents architecture, the platform delivers over 20% higher reasoning accuracy, 40% lower token costs, and reliable performance on complex multi-step workflows.

"Our mission is to make AI accessible to everyone. Agora Chat enables us to deliver fast, natural, AI-enhanced group conversations at scale. Together with Agora, we are building the next generation of intelligent teamwork—where 200 agents, humans, and real-time collaboration all work in one unified space," said Bruce Yang, Co-Founder & CEO, Agnes AI

Preview: Agnes Vibepod – AI-Powered Headset

Agnes AI is previewing an early prototype of the Vibepod, an AI-powered headset concept that blends Agnes's multi-agent intelligence with Agora's real-time, low-latency Conversational AI Engine. The Vibepod demonstration available here shows how users can activate Agnes hands-free and receive instant AI assistance through the headset. 

About Agora:
Agora is the global leader in real-time engagement, providing developers with simple, flexible, and powerful APIs to embed real-time conversational AI, voice, video, interactive live streaming, and chat into their applications and IoT devices. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, Agora is trusted by over 1,800 leading organizations across the globe to power best-in-class real-time experiences from social media and live shopping to education and telehealth. Learn more: https://agora.io/

About Agnes AI:
Founded by a Raffles Institution alumnus and National University of Singapore AI PhD, Agnes AI is a Singapore-based platform uniting real-time communication, creative generation, and productivity tools. Since launching in July 2025, Agnes has grown to over 3 million registered users globally, with particular strength in Southeast Asia. Positioned as Everyday AI for Everyone, Agnes is dedicated to making collaboration, creativity, and communication seamless through AI-powered features integrated into a single unified experience. The team could feature members from top universities such as Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, and UT Austin. Learn more: https://agnes-ai.com/ 

 

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FAQ

What did Agora (API) announce on Dec 1, 2025 about Agnes AI?

Agora announced Agnes AI chose Agora Chat to power AI group chat and multi-agent collaboration using Agora's SDRTN®.

How many users does Agnes AI report and what are its DAU targets for 2026?

Agnes reports 200,000+ DAU and 3M registered users; it projects 1M DAU by Q1 2026 and 5M DAU by end-2026.

Which markets will Agora's SDRTN® serve for Agnes AI real-time chat?

SDRTN® will support low-latency messaging across Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Argentina, Colombia, and beyond.

What performance and cost claims did Agnes AI make about CodeAgents?

Agnes claims CodeAgents deliver 20% higher reasoning accuracy and 40% lower token costs on complex workflows.

What is the SAPIENS fundraising valuation tied to Agnes AI?

The parent company SAPIENS is fundraising at a reported US$100M valuation.

What product demo did Agnes AI preview alongside the Agora integration?

Agnes previewed the Vibepod, an AI-powered headset prototype demonstrating hands-free Agnes assistance with Agora's real-time engine.