Circular

aid: circular
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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/circular.png
name: Circular
description: Circular was a Spanish hiring community that connected tech recruiters with software developers, describing itself
  as a "Hiring Community for Tech Recruiters & Developers." It operated a referral-driven talent network in which recruiters
  shared vetted candidates they could not place themselves, and developers received job opportunities through that trusted
  pool rather than through cold outreach. The company was backed by Point Nine Capital and ran its candidate and recruiter
  landing experiences on a Next.js application served from circular.io and static.circular.io. Circular has since shut down
  and merged into Manfred (getmanfred.com), the largest tech community in Spain, with its own migration notice stating "Circular
  cierra sus puertas para integrarse en Manfred." The circular.io domain remains registered to Singular People Europe S.L.
  but has been fully undelegated, and Point Nine no longer lists Circular in its portfolio. Circular never published a public
  developer program, API, SDK, or specification. This profile is retained as a historical record; there is no API surface
  to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/circular/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- point-nine
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: defunct-no-api-surface
x-status: defunct
x-merged-into: manfred
x-successor-url: https://www.getmanfred.com/circular-to-manfred
x-shutdown-note: 'Circular announced it was closing to integrate into Manfred ("Circular cierra sus puertas para integrarse
  en Manfred: la mayor comunidad tech de Espana"). No exact shutdown date is published on the migration page. The last archived
  circular.io homepage returning HTTP 200 is the Internet Archive capture of 2024-12-28, and that capture already carried
  a recruiterMigrationSignupFlagUrl pointing at getmanfred.com/circular-to-manfred, so the migration was already in progress
  by late December 2024.'
x-domain-status: undelegated
x-domain-note: circular.io is still registered (IONOS SE, created 2012-10-27, registry expiry 2027-10-27, last updated 2025-10-23)
  to registrant organization SINGULAR PEOPLE EUROPE S.L (ES), the Spanish entity behind Manfred. The domain publishes no NS,
  A, MX, TXT, or SOA records and does not resolve, so there is no live host to probe and no Website pointer is wired.
x-headquarters: Spain
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Defunct
- Acquired
- Recruiting
- Hiring
- Talent
- Job
- Developers
- Community
- Spain
tags_raw:
- Company
- Defunct
- Acquired
- Recruiting
- Hiring
- Talent
- Jobs
- Developers
- Community
- Spain
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common: []
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1