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    Our Story

    Built by a team who got tired of tab chaos.

    We started InboxBase because we ran support teams ourselves. We know what it feels like to have WhatsApp on one screen, email on another, Instagram DMs on a third, and a customer waiting on all three at once. We built the tool we always wished existed.

    Our mission

    Our mission

    To give every customer-facing team — no matter their size — the same calm, powerful messaging infrastructure that enterprise companies pay millions to build in-house. One inbox. Every channel. AI that actually helps.

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    Calm over chaos

    Every product decision starts with the same question: does this make the team's day calmer or more chaotic? Chaos loses every time.

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    Honest by default

    We don't hide pricing, exaggerate features, or make you talk to sales to cancel. We say what we mean and build what we say.

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    Speed is a feature

    Slow software costs your team real money. Every second shaved off a response time is a customer kept. We obsess over performance.

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    Built for real teams

    Not just enterprise. Not just startups. Real teams with real inboxes, real pressure, and real customers expecting real replies.

    The team behind the Calm Stack™

    A small, focused team of engineers, designers, and customer experience veterans who've worked at companies like Intercom, Twilio, and HubSpot.

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    James Hartley

    Co-founder & CEO

    Former Head of Customer Operations at a Series B SaaS company. Built and managed support teams of 40+ across 6 channels. Got tired of the chaos. Built InboxBase.

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    Sofia Mendes

    Co-founder & CTO

    Previously senior engineer at Twilio and MessageBird. 10+ years building messaging infrastructure at scale. Leads all product and engineering.

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    Ravi Patel

    Head of Product

    Former product lead at Intercom. Obsessed with removing friction from team workflows. Responsible for the InboxBase inbox experience.

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    Charlotte Webb

    Head of Customer Success

    Built the customer success function from scratch at two fast-growth SaaS companies. Champions every customer inside InboxBase.

    2021

    Founded

    200+

    Teams using InboxBase

    50M+

    Messages processed

    12

    Channels supported

    Backed by people who've built great software

    InboxBase is backed by angel investors and operators from across the SaaS and messaging industry who share our belief that great customer communication shouldn't require enterprise budgets.

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