Bird

Bird (formerly MessageBird) is a communications platform that helps businesses connect with customers across various channels, including SMS, voice, WhatsApp, WeChat, Messenger, and email.

Website: bird.com.

Categories: Voice and audio AI Developer tools and cloud Consumer and social.

Sectors: B2B, Engineering, Product and Design, Messaging, API.

Based in: Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Team: 500 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

Website registeredFeb 14, 1992 (34 years old)

Timeline

Summer 2016
YY Combinator · batch
Source: ycombinator.com
February 14, 1992
Website created

Founders and team

RV
Robert Vis Founder & CEO

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
AM
Adriaan Mol Co-Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
BV
Bob Violier Distinguished Engineer & Co-Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com

Investors

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Sources and API

Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/bird (get a free API key).