Agora launches Interactive Whiteboard SDK for real-time visual collaboration apps

This launch addresses the growing demand for low-latency visual collaboration in remote education and enterprise sectors. By consolidating whiteboard, video, and AI-driven transcription into a single infrastructure, Agora reduces the technical complexity of building multimodal applications. The integration with OpenAI’s Realtime API further positions Agora as a primary infrastructure provider for natural human-to-AI interaction. For the broader ecosystem, this signals a shift from standalone conferencing toward integrated, feature-rich interactive platforms. Developers and investors should monitor adoption rates within the EdTech sector, where interactive digital whiteboard spending is projected to drive significant market growth through 2030.

The launch arrives as Agora transitions into sustained profitability, reporting its fifth consecutive quarter of GAAP net income in Q4 2025. Per Agora's March 2026 financial report, total revenues for 2025 rose to $141.1 million, a nearly 6% year-over-year increase driven by the expansion of its real-time engagement services in international markets. The company has increasingly pivoted toward its Conversational AI Engine, which usage more than doubled each quarter following its initial launch in early 2025. This focus on AI-driven interfaces is central to Agora’s strategy to differentiate from competitors like Vonage and Zoom Video SDK.

In September 2025, per tech reporting from TechEDT, Agora expanded its partnership with OpenAI to embed multimodal large language models directly into its platform. This integration enables AI agents to switch seamlessly between voice and text inputs, supported by Agora's proprietary 'Selective Attention Locking' technology designed to isolate human speech from ambient environmental noise. Adoption by firms like Carbon Origins for hands-free robot fleet control highlights the SDK's utility beyond standard desktop collaboration.

Market demand remains vigorous for these integrated solutions. Per analyst data from Mordor Intelligence in August 2025, the global interactive whiteboard market is forecast to reach $7.02 billion by 2030. The growth is fueled by a strategic shift from pandemic-era emergency software toward permanent hybrid work and digital-first education infrastructures. Furthermore, per Grand View Research in early 2025, North America remains the dominant revenue share holder for interactive collaboration tools, though Asia-Pacific is rising as the fastest-growing region for large-scale classroom digitization.