# Shippo: API for Shipping

By [Albert's Import](https://paragraph.com/@albertsimport) · 2016-09-09

usv, shippo, apis, shipping, programming

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Today’s blog post is [over at USV announcing our investment](https://www.usv.com/blog/shippo) in [Shippo](https://goshippo.com). I have written previously about how [the future of programming](http://continuations.com/post/138643911525/the-future-of-programming) will consist of composing applications from different APIs. We already have quite a few building blocks in our portfolio with [Twilio](http://twilio.com) (communications), [Dwolla](http://dwolla.com) (payments) and [Clarifai](http://clarifai.com) (intelligence). Shippo adds shipping which is critical for any application that touches the [movement](http://goshippo.com) of goods. You can also [read more about the financing and the company’s plans on Shippo’s blog](https://goshippo.com/blog/announcing-our-series-funding/).

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*Originally published on [Albert's Import](https://paragraph.com/@albertsimport/shippo-api-for-shipping)*