AquaShield

AquaShield is a Y Combinator-backed (Spring 2026 / P26 batch) startup building AI-driven water leak detection for buildings and large real estate portfolios. Non-invasive sensors clamp onto existing pipes in minutes with no pipe cutting, retrofits, or downtime; the platform learns each building's normal water-flow patterns and flags anomalies in real time before they escalate into costly damage. Water damage is the largest preventable loss in real estate — more than fire and theft combined. Founded by former MIT and Harvard/EPFL robotics researchers Paul Beckers (CEO) and Marguerite Benoist (CTO), the company is based in San Francisco and works with some of the largest residential portfolios in the world. This profile was surfaced as a Y Combinator portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network; AquaShield currently publishes a marketing site only and does not yet expose a public API or developer program.

AquaShield is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Water, Leak Detection, IoT, and Sensors.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyWaterLeak DetectionIoTSensorsReal EstatePropTechArtificial IntelligenceY Combinator

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/aquashield: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Aquashield Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: aquashield
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aquashield.png
name: AquaShield
description: AquaShield is a Y Combinator-backed (Spring 2026 / P26 batch) startup building AI-driven water leak detection
  for buildings and large real estate portfolios. Non-invasive sensors clamp onto existing pipes in minutes with no pipe cutting,
  retrofits, or downtime; the platform learns each building's normal water-flow patterns and flags anomalies in real time
  before they escalate into costly damage. Water damage is the largest preventable loss in real estate — more than fire and
  theft combined. Founded by former MIT and Harvard/EPFL robotics researchers Paul Beckers (CEO) and Marguerite Benoist (CTO),
  the company is based in San Francisco and works with some of the largest residential portfolios in the world. This profile
  was surfaced as a Y Combinator portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network; AquaShield currently publishes
  a marketing site only and does not yet expose a public API or developer program.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aquashield/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Water
- Leak Detection
- IoT
- Sensors
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- Artificial Intelligence
- Y Combinator
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://aquashieldai.com
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aquashieldai
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aquashield-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence