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Bird (YC S16) — The world’s largest omnichannel communications platform

The world’s largest omnichannel communications platform. Bird CRM powers communication between businesses and their customers — across any channel, always with the right context, and on every corner of the planet.

Bird is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2016 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The world’s largest omnichannel communications platform. The founders listed are Robert Vis (Founder/CEO), Bob Violier (Founder/CTO), Joey van Ommen (Founder/Head of Product & Partner) (Y Combinator directory entry, June 8, 2016).

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Bird

New accelerator entry · 2016-06-08 · the record

Summer 2016
batch
500
people
Growth
stage
Netherlands
region
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2016
Announced2016-06-08
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size500
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsMessaging, API
RegionsNetherlands, Europe, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedAmsterdam, NH, Netherlands
HiringNo
Sitehttp://bird.com
Previously known asMessageBird

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The world’s largest omnichannel communications platform. Bird CRM powers communication between businesses and their customers — across any channel, always with the right context, and on every corner of the planet. Its products and solutions are the foundational building blocks to business communications across preferred channels, like SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, WeChat, Messenger, Email and more. Founded in 2011, Bird connects to billions of devices and is trusted by nearly 20,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Bird operates across nine global hubs — including Singapore, Dublin, Shanghai, Sydney, London, Bogota and Asuncion — and is proud to be a “Work Anywhere” company. Its team of 500 employees represent more than 55 nationalities.

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