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The essentials

Fact sheet

Company name:: Mailbird, Inc.
Company address:: 2108 N ST 6439, 95816, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Company industry:: SaaS (Software as a Service).
Founded:: 2012 in Indonesia.
Launched:: April 2, 2012.
Founders:: Michael Bodekaer, Michael Olsen, and Andrea Loubier.
Leadership today:: Michael Bodekaer, CEO and President; Michael Olsen, CTO and co-founder.
Team:: Fully remote team, spread across continents. 15 team members as of Q3 2026.
Users:: Over 3.3 million registered users worldwide.
Products:: Mailbird for Windows and Mac (one codebase, the Mailbird Next generation); Android and iOS apps (beta); Wingman, a private, on-device AI assistant, coming soon; MCP server for connecting any LLM, including local models.
Languages:: 27 interface languages.
Model:: free version plus Premium.
Milestones:: Mailbird launch (2012) · Mailbird 3 (2023) · Mailbird for Mac (2024) · Mac App Store globally (Sep 2025) · Mailbird Next for Windows (2026) · Mailbird mobile apps (2026)

The product

Key features

Centralized email management

Unified inbox for messages and contacts across multiple email accounts in a single app. Available on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.

App integrations

In-app access to third-party services including WhatsApp, Slack, Dropbox, Google Calendar, and Asana.

Customizable workspaces

User-configurable interface backgrounds and appearance settings.

Private AI assistant — coming soon

Wingman, a private, on-device AI assistant, is coming soon.

Unsubscribe and sender blocking

One-click unsubscribe from mailing lists and per-sender blocking for unwanted mail.

Advanced search

Dedicated and precise search across the inboxes.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts for common actions including compose, reply, and forward.

Privacy Hub

Local storage for all mail and a control panel for blocking pixel trackers and remote images.

Email tracking

Read receipts for sent mail and notifications when a message is opened.

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Mailbird is the calm, unified home for all your email accounts on Windows and Mac: every account in one inbox, along with the desktop tools and apps, with private AI coming soon. Founded in 2012 and trusted by millions of users worldwide, Mailbird has been rebuilt from the ground up as Mailbird Next in 2026: a product ecosystem that includes Mailbird apps for Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS.

Our story

Company story

Mailbird started in 2012 on the island of Bali, Indonesia, at an entrepreneurial retreat called Project Getaway. Co-founders Michael Bodekaer and Michael Olsen, joined by Andrea Loubier, who served as the company's first CEO, saw one clear frustration among the entrepreneurs around them: email, especially on Windows, was underserved and painful. Olsen came up with the name and started building; the team launched Mailbird on April 2, 2012, and TechCrunch covered it as "the Sparrow for Windows", perfectly timed just after Google had acquired Sparrow, the beloved Mac email client that inspired it.

Over the following decade Mailbird became one of the most recognized Windows email clients, built around one idea: every email account in one calm, unified inbox. In 2020 the team began a ground-up, cross-platform rebuild. The first product from that codebase, Mailbird for Mac, launched in October 2024 and reached the Mac App Store globally in September 2025. In 2026 the rebuild came home to Windows as Mailbird Next: one product across Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS — and a privacy-first AI assistant coming soon.

Today the company is led by CEO and President Michael Bodekaer and CTO and co-founder Michael Olsen, with a fully remote team spread across continents. Mailbird's goal has not changed since Bali: a healthy relationship with email, for individuals and for the businesses that run on it.

The people behind Mailbird

Leadership

Michael Bodekaer Jensen

CEO, President, and co-founder

Michael Bodekaer Jensen is a software entrepreneur, CEO, President, and co-founder of Mailbird, the cross-platform email client built to make digital communication simpler and more productive. A lifelong coder, Michael has spent more than two decades building and scaling global software companies. He also co-founded Labster, the virtual science-learning platform used by millions of students worldwide.

His motivation at Mailbird is to create an email experience that is intuitive, fast, private, and genuinely enjoyable to use every day, with AI built in to make it even more convenient.

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