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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Bird (formerly MessageBird).\n\nRobert Vis founded Bird as MessageBird in 2011, bootstrapped it for its first six years and leads it as CEO, steering it towards communications infrastructure for AI agents. Earlier he was CEO and co-founder of the mobile payments platform Zaypay.\n\n## What Robert builds\n\n- [Bird API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bird.md), graded BB, 77.5/100, in Messaging APIs. Bird's rebuilt developer API sends SMS and WhatsApp (plus email and voice) from one account, with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, generated SDKs, a CLI and a hosted OAuth MCP server at mcp.bird.com. Co-founder, Bird (formerly MessageBird), researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Bob Violier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bob-violier/), Co-founder, Bird (formerly MessageBird)\n- [Joey van Ommen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/joey-van-ommen/), Co-founder, Bird (formerly MessageBird)\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Robert Vis?\n\nRobert Vis founded Bird as MessageBird in 2011, bootstrapped it for its first six years and leads it as CEO, steering it towards communications infrastructure for AI agents. Earlier he was CEO and co-founder of the mobile payments platform Zaypay.\n\n### What does Bird (formerly MessageBird) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Bird API + MCP from Bird (formerly MessageBird). Bird's rebuilt developer API sends SMS and WhatsApp (plus email and voice) from one account, with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, generated SDKs, a CLI and a hosted OAuth MCP server at mcp.bird.com.\n\n### Who has invested in Bird (formerly MessageBird)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator.\n\n### How are Robert's tools graded?\n\nBird API + MCP is graded BB, 77.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://bird.com/company/team\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bird\n- https://bird.com/\n- https://bird.com/help\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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