Ribbit + BT. The Future of Communication Starts Today.

July 29th, 2008 by Ted Griggs | located in BT, Platform | trackback

Today we’re sharing the great news that Ribbit has been acquired by BT one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services. This marks the most important day yet in Ribbit’s history. As part of BT will be able to more quickly extend our vision beyond Silicon Valley and bring our products and technology to the entire world. We couldn’t be more excited than to announce this new partnership.

Why would we agree to be acquired so soon after our December, 2007 launch? The answer is easy. In these seven busy months, we’ve learned from our customers and partners that our market opportunities are bigger than we had imagined and that aligning with a large-scale partner was the most direct route to building the Ribbit vision.

BT expressed an early interest in Ribbit and we’ve spent months getting to know one another. The teams at both Ribbit and BT deeply believe that our collaboration will serve our developers, the people who use our products and services, our partners and even the global communications industry. We like the idea of “rethinking communications” with a partner as strategic and visionary as BT. You can read more about that direction here. We will be sharing more details on this partnership, and introducing you to some key people on the BT team, here on this blog in the next few days—so please stay tuned.

Please join in our enthusiasm and excitement for this new partnership, and accept our thanks for the support you have shown to Ribbit so far. Both the Ribbit and BT teams promise to do all in our power to bring you the communications solutions you’ll need and want as this exciting space continues to evolve.

The best is yet to come!

Ted Griggs, Co-Founder and CEO

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2 Responses to “Ribbit + BT. The Future of Communication Starts Today.”

1. Rodney Rumford Says:
   July 29th, 2008 at 11:25 am

   Congrats to your team at Ribbit. The platform for developers is critical, keep moving forward with that. We look forward to the opportunities and seeing what comes next.

   Cheers!

2. Jon Moss Says:
   July 30th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

   Great news and well deserved! Really looking forward to using amphibian - looks superb!