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What is Aestron?

Aestron, a subsidiary of BIGO acquired by JOYY Inc. in 2019 (NASDAQ: YY), offers an enterprise platform as a service for real-time communication (RTC) solutions. The vendor boasts a dynamic and robust SDKs that developers can use to build real-time video, audio, live-stream, and chat functions with just a few lines of code.

The vendor states Aestron powers some of the world's most popular live-streaming (BIGO), short-form video (Likee), and instant messaging (imo) apps.

Utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Aestron's platform infrastructure helps companies reach nearly 400 million monthly active users in more than 150 countries. By leveraging Aestron's AI + RTC technology, developers can build real-time audio and video calls, messaging, interactive live broadcasting, and other dynamic communication features for deeply engaging interactions.

Aestron's headquarters is located in Singapore with main offices in Guangzhou, China and Palo Alto, California.