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A number of similar platforms have also cropped up, including Relay, which was founded by alumni of the Sanders campaign
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Last year, a company named Relay Networks, which provides customer service software for large businesses, contacted us after someone interested in Relay texting reached out to them by mistake. Relay Networks expressed concern that our use of the name Relay would create confusion in the marketplace, reducing the value of their brand. We made extensive efforts to negotiate with Relay Networks, but they were firm in their position, and we ultimately decided that discretion was the better part of valor.