What they do:
The world’s largest omnichannel communications platform
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HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Top Messaging Startups
This list has 42 startups and was last updated on Oct 16, 2026. 3 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (21), New York (5), and Los Angeles (2). Largest teams: Bird, OneSignal, and Chatfuel.
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OneSignal
Hiring
What they do:
Engage customers through personalized omni-channel messaging
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Platform to easily create chatbots to engage with audiences on…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Premier growth platform for restaurants
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HQ: Lehi, UT, United States
What they do:
We help companies scale marketing campaigns through WhatsApp
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PocketSuite
Hiring
What they do:
All-In-One Business Operating System by PocketSuite
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HQ: Washington, DC, United States
Laylo
Hiring
What they do:
The CRM powering iconic musicians and events
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Developers of ChitChat, an integrated messaging and payments wallet…
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HQ: Lusaka, Zambia
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Mio powers seamless communication between workplace chat apps.
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
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We are making a HIPAA-compliant, Groupme app for doctors to…
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HQ: Los Gatos, CA, United States
What they do:
Unified, enterprise messaging platform for leading brands of the world
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HQ: Las Vegas, NV, United States
What they do:
Team messaging with built-in memory
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What they do:
staffing firms with dreach grow revenue faster.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Charm is the universal payments app — send money to anyone.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
SendHub
Acquired
What they do:
Simple Business SMS. SMBs to Large Enterprise.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Courier
Acquired
What they do:
The fastest way for developers to build notifications for their app.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hilos
Acquired
What they do:
Close and activate your customers on WhatsApp
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HQ: Mexico City, Mexico
FamilyLeaf
Acquired
What they do:
Help families stay in touch
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
VoiceGem
Acquired
What they do:
Voice messaging platform - Acquired by Palantir in 2013
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Outbound
Acquired
What they do:
Create automated messages -- email, iOS/Android push, SMS and web…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Zip Phone
Acquired
What they do:
Whatsapp for voice
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TalkBin
Acquired
What they do:
Consumer to business messaging.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W11Early stage
Heysan
Acquired
What they do:
Free messaging on mobile phones
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W07Early stage
Fibo
Shut down
What they do:
SaaS calendar and messaging for SMBs
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Openland
Shut down
What they do:
Messenger for communities
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hum
Shut down
What they do:
A chat program that integrates with email, with presence.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
HoverChat
Shut down
What they do:
Message without interrupting what you're doing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Locent
Shut down
What they do:
Locent is an automated messaging platform for companies
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Here
Shut down
What they do:
Where friends watch, play and hang together in digital rooms
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Enveloop
Shut down
What they do:
Design and send messages from your app with a simple API.
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HQ: Birmingham, AL, United States
Couple
Shut down
What they do:
App that connects two phones and creates a private timeline to share…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Talkray (TiKL)
Shut down
What they do:
Instantly talk or text to one or a group of friends at once with the…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
TellFi
Shut down
What they do:
Google Voice for business.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Convore
Shut down
What they do:
Hosted IRC and so much more.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tsumobi
Shut down
What they do:
Messaging.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Threadable
Shut down
What they do:
Mailing lists 2.0. Threadable makes group email less noisy and more…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 42 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 16, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
3 of them are hiring right now, including OneSignal, PocketSuite, and Laylo.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Bird (500 employees), OneSignal (150 employees), and Chatfuel (53 employees).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (21), New York (5), and Los Angeles (2).