Expo
To empower developers and enterprises to create, build, and distribute universal apps for iOS, Android, and the web using React Native.
At a Glance
- Startups
- Enterprises
- Individual Developers
- Mobile Engineering Teams
AI Tools by Expo
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Expo Agent
AI mobile app builder
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Latest News
Expo joins as founding member of the new React Foundation
Expo SDK 55 Release: Enhancing universal app stability and performance
EAS Insights: Introducing advanced observability for React Native apps
Expo Router v3: File-based routing for the universal web and mobile
Products & Services
An open-source framework for building universal native apps with React Native that run on iOS, Android, and the web.
A suite of cloud services for building, submitting, and updating Expo and React Native apps.
The first file-based router for React Native, bringing web-like routing to native apps.
A browser-based playground for writing and running React Native code instantly.
Market Position
Expo is the leading framework for React Native, often described as 'Next.js for mobile.' It provides an integrated suite of tools and services that streamline the entire development lifecycle, differentiating itself by abstracting native complexity and offering robust cloud-based workflows.
Leadership
Founders
Charlie Cheever
Co-founder and CEO of Expo. Previously co-founded Quora and was an early engineer and Director of Engineering at Facebook.
James Ide
Co-founder of Expo. Previously a software engineer at Quora.
Executive Team
Charlie Cheever
CEO & Co-founder
Former Quora co-founder and Facebook Director of Engineering.
James Ide
Co-founder
Former engineer at Quora.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Expo (formerly Exponent) was started by Charlie Cheever and James Ide to simplify the complex process of building native mobile applications. Their vision was to create a set of tools that allow developers to build high-quality native apps using only JavaScript/TypeScript, effectively bringing the ease of web development to the mobile ecosystem.
Business Model
Revenue Model
SaaS subscription and usage-based pricing for cloud services (EAS).
Pricing Tiers
15 builds/month, low priority queue, 1,000 MAUs for updates.
$45 build credit, high priority queue, 3,000 MAUs for updates.
$225 build credit, 2 concurrencies, priority support, 50,000 MAUs for updates.
$1,000 build credit, 5 concurrencies, SLAs, strategic support, 1M MAUs for updates.
Target Markets
- Startups
- Enterprises
- Individual Developers
- Mobile Engineering Teams
- Cross-platform mobile app development
- Rapid prototyping of native apps
- Enterprise app lifecycle management
- Modernizing legacy React Native projects
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