5 takeaways from Matthew O’Riordan’s chat on the Category Visionaries podcast

Category Visionaries is a podcast featuring interviews with founders and CEOs who are disrupting their industries. Recently, Matthew O'Riordan, CEO of Ably, discussed his inspiration for founding the company and its focus on realtime technology. He cited Stripe as an influence due to its clear mission statement and Netflix's book about its journey of disruption. The vision behind Ably was a future built on realtime collaboration, which led to the development of reliable realtime infrastructure. Despite initial challenges in defining Ably's business category, it has become a unique service with various use cases. Developers have been crucial to Ably's success, and its product-led growth strategy relies heavily on them.