MessageBird founder and CEO Robert Vis has snapped up two startups, 24Sessions and Hull, to help power its tools that connect companies like Uber with customers via messaging, chat apps and email. MessageBirdDutch unicorn MessageBird has acquired Amsterdam-based video meeting startup 24Sessions and Atlanta-based data startup Hull to help power its tools used to connect businesses like Uber, Deliveroo, and SAP with customers via chat, messaging and video apps. MessageBird has been branded as a European challenger to the American cloud company Twilio that helps businesses like Nordstrom communicate with customers. MessageBird founder and CEO Robert Vis said 24Sessions would help clients run encrypted video calls with clients, while Hull’s AI technology would help track customers’ data across different messaging platforms. MessageBird is part of a cluster of high-growth companies based out of the Netherlands’ largest city.

Source: Forbes March 30, 2021 10:52 UTC