Company
Date Published
Author
Aaron Goldsmid
Word count
323
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Twilio has acquired Boku Mobile Identity, a leading global identity and authentication provider, to offer secure onboarding for businesses. This acquisition aims to accelerate Twilio's vision for seamless mobile identity and digital intelligence. With the integration of Boku Mobile Identity, customers can provide smooth onboarding experiences while mitigating fraudulent sign-ups and account takeovers. The partnership will also expand Twilio's existing offerings for phone number and email validation, multi-channel authentication, and new packages in its Lookup API and Verify API channels.