While everyone chases the next social media app, Stream.io is quietly powering the infrastructure behind them. They've built a $35M business selling APIs for activity feeds, chat, and video—proving that infrastructure is often more valuable than the applications themselves.

"Building social features from scratch is like reinventing the wheel—only with more bugs and less traction."

The data tells a story of disciplined growth: 485K monthly visits with 52% organic and 36% direct traffic. That's not viral marketing—that's product-market fit. When developers bookmark your site and return directly, you've built something indispensable. Stream's leadership team, led by Thierry Schellenbach and Tommaso Barbugli, has executed a classic infrastructure play: become the invisible layer that makes everyone else's product better.

• Activity feeds, chat, and video as unified APIs—not separate services
• Global edge network delivering sub-100ms latency worldwide
• Developer-first marketing that turns technical docs into customer acquisition
• Revenue model that scales with customer success (usage-based pricing)