# Brighter

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/brighter/  
**Website:** https://brighter.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Brighter is a Santa Monica, California digital health technology company founded in 2010 by internet entrepreneur Jake Winebaum that built a consumer-driven dental benefits platform connecting dentists, patients, and dental insurers. Brighter licensed digital engagement solutions to insurance carriers, including online and mobile provider directories, patient reviews, and its proprietary Brighter Schedule online appointment scheduling feature, along with the Brighter PRO self-insured dental plan launched in 2014. Its platform powered member-engagement tools for major dental insurers including Cigna, Delta Dental, and Aetna. Backed by roughly $49M from General Catalyst, Mayfield, Benchmark, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital, Brighter was acquired by Cigna in December 2017 and its technology folded into Cigna's digital health offerings. The brand persists as a Cigna dental provider experience.

## Kin Score — 2.3 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 2.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Insurance**: 9.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Brighter Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Healthcare, Dental, Health Insurance, Digital Health, Benefits, Appointment Scheduling, Provider Directory

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/brighter/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.