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Courier (YC S19) — The fastest way for developers to build notifications for their app

Courier is the fastest way for developers to build notifications for their app. Our APIs take the tedium out of integrating various notification channels, while our visual designer lets anyone design a message template and deliver their notifications to the best channel for each user with a single API call.

Courier is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2019 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The fastest way for developers to build notifications for their app. The founder listed is Troy Goode (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, April 23, 2019).

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Courier

New accelerator entry · 2019-04-23 · the record

Summer 2019
batch
35
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2019
Announced2019-04-23
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size35
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsDeveloper Tools, Messaging
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.courier.com
Founded2019
YC group partnerBrad Flora

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Courier is the fastest way for developers to build notifications for their app. Our APIs take the tedium out of integrating various notification channels, while our visual designer lets anyone design a message template and deliver their notifications to the best channel for each user with a single API call. Email, Push, In-App, Slack, SMS, you name it. Think "Stripe, for notifications."

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