Bird

The world's largest omnichannel communications platform.

bird.com

HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands

B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Bird is an Amsterdam-based omnichannel customer communications and CRM platform (formerly MessageBird). It provides email, SMS, voice, WhatsApp, marketing automation, customer data, and developer APIs for enterprise messaging and customer lifecycle management.

Primary product

Omnichannel customer communications platform and AI-powered CRM for marketing, service, and payments

Founded

2011

Headquarters

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Team size

51-200

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Technology, Information and Internet

Sub-industry

Cloud communications / customer engagement / omnichannel messaging

Offices

Amsterdam, Netherlands

New York, United States

Singapore

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Business model

B2B SaaS

usage-based messaging/API pricing

enterprise subscriptions

platform/software licensing

Funding

Stage

late stage / private growth

Total raised

$1.1B

Series C

Oct 2020 · Spark Capital

$200M

Series B

Feb 2019

$40M

Series A

Oct 2017 · Accel

$60M

Seed Round

Sep 2016

$125K

Pre Seed Round

Aug 2016 · Y Combinator

$120K

People & investors

Leadership

Robert Vis

Founder & CEO

René Feiner

Principal Engineer & Co-Founder

Bob Violier

Distinguished Engineer & Co-Founder

Edel Hartog

General Counsel

Jon Underwood

Head of Global Support

Keaton Ventura

Head of Content

Founders

Adriaan Mol

Co-founder

Investors

Work & culture

Public company messaging emphasizes an engineering-led, infrastructure-first culture focused on builders, scale, and global customer reach. Recent announcements also suggest a high-performance, AI-driven operating model.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

No public compensation philosophy or salary bands were found on primary sources; Bird does publicly recruit in multiple geographies and posts open roles, but compensation details are not broadly published.

Product & market

Pricing

Hybrid model: usage-based pricing for messaging channels (SMS/WhatsApp/voice/email APIs) plus platform/software pricing for CRM and marketing products.

Differentiators

—Owns/operates its communications infrastructure rather than only reselling APIs
—Unified platform across email, SMS, WhatsApp, voice, marketing, CRM, and data
—Strong deliverability and latency focus
—Global carrier relationships and compliance footprint
—AI-first customer lifecycle tooling and revenue attribution

Technology

AWS

Terraform

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Okta

Datadog

Postman

React

TypeScript

Python

JavaScript

Java

Scala

Kubernetes

Redis

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Linux

Salesforce

Zendesk

Customers

Uber

Netflix

CARSOME

ComparaOnline

DoorDash

Match Group

Noom

Yahoo Sports

50,000+ businesses worldwide

Competitors

Twilio

Klaviyo

Attentive

Sinch

Infobip

MessageGears

CM.com

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $200M-$500M annually (Bird has publicly suggested ~€250M net revenue for 2025 and Reuters cited a 2024 revenue run rate above $600M; exact current audited revenue not publicly confirmed).

Estimated monthly visits

326.5K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026