Bird
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Overview
Bird delivers. From Uber to Netflix, we connect the most trusted businesses to billions of customers every day. The company provides communications infrastructure for developers, covering email, SMS, WhatsApp, Apple Messages and voice. Its other products include code-based verification, contact lookup, application mailboxes, eSIM connectivity and realtime synchronization.
The platform also includes visual workflow builders, delivery metrics, workspaces, API access controls and audit logs. The company's Agentic Harness lets AI agents operate Bird through MCP, CLI and skills, including setting up channels, managing supported resources and inspecting delivery results.
Bird was founded in 2011 as MessageBird and started with SMS. The company handles trillions of messages a year and serves more than 150 countries.
Funding rounds
Disclosed funding: $1B across 7 rounds. Latest: SERIES D, 1 Apr 2021.
2 rounds have an undisclosed amount, not included in the total.
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 2021 | SERIES D | $800M |
Office locations
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Recent posts from the Bird blog
- Your Replit app can now send email with Bird.
Bird is in Replit Agent's MCP list. You tell Agent what to send, Agent writes the call, one secret carries the key, and the app sends from the first run.
- The team at Encore put together a tutorial on building SMS appointment reminders with Bird, so you can send…
reminders automatically and keep track of delivery. You'll try it out locally before deploying to your own cloud.