# How hard would it be to build a api as a service company using racket? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Answers\ **Created:** [July 19, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-hard-would-it-be-to-build-a-api-as-a-service-company-using-racket/2115 "2023-07-19T05:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jobhdez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Jobhdez](https://racket.discourse.group/u/Jobhdez)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-hard-would-it-be-to-build-a-api-as-a-service-company-using-racket/2115/1 "2023-07-19T05:00:32Z")
hey, I have always gotten excited about starting a company with lisp or haskell. Was wondering if it would be a good decision choosing racket if I happen to start something. thanks ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-hard-would-it-be-to-build-a-api-as-a-service-company-using-racket/2115/2 "2023-07-20T09:07:03Z")
Do you mean a service something like the AWS/azure/google speech recognition API's where users sign up for an account and then get billed for usage of the services? ---
**Author:** ![Jobhdez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Jobhdez](https://racket.discourse.group/u/Jobhdez)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-hard-would-it-be-to-build-a-api-as-a-service-company-using-racket/2115/3 "2023-07-21T00:46:23Z")
What I have in mind is something like a Chat API and SDK that allows programmers to integrate chat functionality into their apps. So, essentially Stripe but for chat or for fraud detection or something else.