Global communications API (SMS, email, WhatsApp, voice) built for developers and AI agents
Bird (founded as MessageBird in Amsterdam in 2011 by Robert Vis) is a communications infrastructure company offering SMS, email, WhatsApp, voice and RCS APIs plus mailbox, realtime and eSIM products, now positioned around an 'Agentic Harness' (MCP, CLI, skills). Australian SMS is self-serve pay-as-you-go at USD 0.0325 per segment (about AUD 0.0466) for alphanumeric or long-code senders; AU carrier fees are not published; alphanumeric sender IDs must be registered for Australia. Customers outside the US contract with Bird B.V. (Netherlands).
Promotional SMS campaigns for customer engagement and sales
Order confirmations, shipping updates, OTPs
Security codes and authentication messages for account security
Automated appointment reminders and confirmations