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If you’ve ever ordered takeaway, returned a package, contacted customer service, or requested a login code, it’s almost guaranteed your interactions have been p

If you’ve ever ordered takeaway, returned a package, contacted customer service, or requested a login code, it’s almost guaranteed your interactions have been powered by MessageBird’s technology. Wait, what? Is this for real? Why have I never heard of them? https://messagebird.com/about?ref=blog https://messagebird.com/about?ref=blog

willcipriano 4y ago
I just built a system that sends login request codes and I've never heard of them either.
CoastalCoder 4y ago
Honest question: is this an example of "fake it til you make it"?
- tschellenbach 4y ago
  Nope, 600M in ARR, message bird is huge
kelnos 4y ago
As a former Twilio employee, this is what we used to say, especially back when I started in 2011 when there really weren't many other options, and most of the few other options were not easy to get started on as a solo developer. I think it's reasonable to say that if you do all of those quoted things, probably some of the texts you've gotten have gone through MessageBird, but certainly not all of them. Then again, the wording of that is ambiguous enough.. that's what it could have meant, even though it's worded to sound more expansive.
- massaman_yams 4y ago
  It's not the only ambiguous wording in the post; the math doesn't add up here. It's probably a peak of 254 million/hr. "during Black Friday processed a whopping 254 million emails every hour and 3.3 billion during the day"
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alexchantavy 4y ago
Bigger in the EU
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digianarchist 4y ago
They own Pusher which you might have heard of.
wzm 4y ago
They purchased Spark Post / Message Systems last year, which at one point handled mail for Facebook and a bunch of other big companies.
rsynnott 4y ago
I mean, if you've ever bought anything in a shop with a credit or debit card, your interactions have probably been powered by EMVCo's stuff, but you've probably never heard of EMVCo and there's no particularly good reason that most people should have. In general, there's not much point in B2B infrastructure providers doing consumer marketing.

willcipriano 4y ago

I just built a system that sends login request codes and I've never heard of them either.

CoastalCoder 4y ago

Honest question: is this an example of "fake it til you make it"?

tschellenbach 4y ago
Nope, 600M in ARR, message bird is huge

kelnos 4y ago

As a former Twilio employee, this is what we used to say, especially back when I started in 2011 when there really weren't many other options, and most of the few other options were not easy to get started on as a solo developer. I think it's reasonable to say that if you do all of those quoted things, probably some of the texts you've gotten have gone through MessageBird, but certainly not all of them. Then again, the wording of that is ambiguous enough.. that's what it could have meant, even though it's worded to sound more expansive.

massaman_yams 4y ago
It's not the only ambiguous wording in the post; the math doesn't add up here. It's probably a peak of 254 million/hr. "during Black Friday processed a whopping 254 million emails every hour and 3.3 billion during the day"

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alexchantavy 4y ago

Bigger in the EU

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digianarchist 4y ago

They own Pusher which you might have heard of.

wzm 4y ago

They purchased Spark Post / Message Systems last year, which at one point handled mail for Facebook and a bunch of other big companies.

rsynnott 4y ago

I mean, if you've ever bought anything in a shop with a credit or debit card, your interactions have probably been powered by EMVCo's stuff, but you've probably never heard of EMVCo and there's no particularly good reason that most people should have. In general, there's not much point in B2B infrastructure providers doing consumer marketing.