Braid

Braid Networks was a creator-economy startup that let creators build customizable landing pages unifying their work across the web (blog posts, videos, podcasts and commerce links), build mailing lists, and engage followers via text and push notifications. Founded by former Facebook product designer Matthew Cahill and software engineer Chris Piro, it raised a $6.8M seed round from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Initialized Capital. Braid was a consumer direct-to-fan product and never published a public developer API. The company was acquired by Laurel on 2026-01-01 to power Laurel's Signal product and has since shut down; the braid.network domain no longer serves a site.

Braid is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Creator Economy, Landing Pages, Consumer, and Fintech.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyCreator EconomyLanding PagesConsumerFintechAcquiredDefunct

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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
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Security Posture 1

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

Braid Domain Security

no transport/DNS hardening detected

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: braid
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/braid.png
name: Braid
description: Braid Networks was a creator-economy startup that let creators build customizable landing pages unifying their
  work across the web (blog posts, videos, podcasts and commerce links), build mailing lists, and engage followers via text
  and push notifications. Founded by former Facebook product designer Matthew Cahill and software engineer Chris Piro, it
  raised a $6.8M seed round from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Initialized Capital. Braid was a consumer direct-to-fan product
  and never published a public developer API. The company was acquired by Laurel on 2026-01-01 to power Laurel's Signal product
  and has since shut down; the braid.network domain no longer serves a site.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/braid/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- initialized-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: laurel
x-acquired-date: '2026-01-01'
x-has-public-api: false
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Creator Economy
- Landing Pages
- Consumer
- Fintech
- Acquired
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/braid-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://braid.network/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence