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Daily Crunch: To take the friction out of consumer messaging, more companies are entering the Matrix



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Into the Matrix: No, not that Matrix. We’re talking about the open standards-based comms protocol called Matrix that Paul went deep on. Its network doubled thanks in part to increased use by enterprises and government. Reddit is also having a go, experimenting with it for its chat feature.
For the fusion: Tim took a look at five startups primed to benefit from the recent breakth …

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