Airship

Pioneer and established leader in mobile push notifications and cross-channel customer engagement, competing in the enterprise mobile marketing automation space

Airship (formerly Urban Airship) is a customer engagement and mobile marketing platform founded in 2009 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The company pioneered mobile push notifications and has since evolved into a comprehensive cross-channel engagement platform, enabling brands to communicate with customers via push notifications, in-app messages, SMS, email, and web notifications. Airship's platform leverages AI and machine learning to optimize message timing, content, and targeting to maximize engagement and conversion. Airship serves hundreds of global brands across retail, media, travel, and financial services, helping them build direct, owned relationships with their customers outside of third-party walled gardens. The platform is particularly valued for its ability to unify customer data and orchestrate personalized journeys across mobile and digital touchpoints. Airship has processed trillions of mobile app interactions and push notifications, giving it a substantial data advantage in predictive engagement modeling. In the broader AdTech and MarTech ecosystem, Airship occupies a critical niche at the intersection of mobile engagement, customer data, and AI-driven personalization. The company competes with players like Braze, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and CleverTap, but differentiates itself through its deep mobile heritage, no-code experience tools, and a strong focus on helping brands increase app retention and lifetime value. Airship has raised significant venture funding and continues to expand its platform capabilities through acquisitions and product development.