Cord * website screenshot

Cord *

Cord * (Cord Project Inc.) was a consumer communication startup building simple, fast voice messaging that let people send short audio clips to one friend or broadcast to a whole group, delivered through iOS and Android mobile apps. Backed by GV and Index Ventures, the New York based team was acquired by Spotify in 2015, where the product formed the foundation of a group exploring new ways people interact with audio; the standalone apps and service were subsequently wound down. The company never published a public developer platform, API, SDK, or documentation surface, so this API Evangelist profile is retained as a historical portfolio-lead record with no active API artifacts to enrich.

Cord * is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Messaging, Voice, and Audio.

Cord *’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 2 more developer resources.

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7.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 7.2/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 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.

Cord Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: cord
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  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/cord.png
name: Cord *
description: Cord * (Cord Project Inc.) was a consumer communication startup building simple, fast voice messaging that let
  people send short audio clips to one friend or broadcast to a whole group, delivered through iOS and Android mobile apps.
  Backed by GV and Index Ventures, the New York based team was acquired by Spotify in 2015, where the product formed the foundation
  of a group exploring new ways people interact with audio; the standalone apps and service were subsequently wound down.
  The company never published a public developer platform, API, SDK, or documentation surface, so this API Evangelist profile
  is retained as a historical portfolio-lead record with no active API artifacts to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cord/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
- index-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: spotify
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Messaging
- Voice
- Audio
- Communication
- Mobile
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cord-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: http://www.cordproject.co/
- type: Blog
  url: http://blog.cord.im
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence