Fanhouse

Fanhouse was a creator-subscription social platform, backed by a16z, that let fans pay creators directly for exclusive posts, photos, and community access rather than through ad-driven feeds. It was surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub for enrichment. The original product operated at fanhouse.app, which no longer resolves to the company (it now redirects to an unrelated domain), indicating the a16z-backed platform is defunct. No public developer portal, API documentation, OpenAPI definition, or other machine-readable API surface could be located for the original Fanhouse product, so no scored API artifacts could be produced without fabrication. This profile is retained as a company/lead record.

Fanhouse is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Creator Economy, Social, Subscriptions, and Fan Engagement.

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

0 APIs

CompanyCreator EconomySocialSubscriptionsFan EngagementContent MonetizationDefunct

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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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Source (apis.yml)

aid: fanhouse
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/fanhouse.png
name: Fanhouse
description: Fanhouse was a creator-subscription social platform, backed by a16z, that let fans pay creators directly for
  exclusive posts, photos, and community access rather than through ad-driven feeds. It was surfaced as an a16z portfolio
  company and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub for enrichment. The original product operated at fanhouse.app,
  which no longer resolves to the company (it now redirects to an unrelated domain), indicating the a16z-backed platform is
  defunct. No public developer portal, API documentation, OpenAPI definition, or other machine-readable API surface could
  be located for the original Fanhouse product, so no scored API artifacts could be produced without fabrication. This profile
  is retained as a company/lead record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fanhouse/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-note: 'Original product domain fanhouse.app no longer resolves to the company. Re-verified 2026-07-20: https://fanhouse.app/
  and https://www.fanhouse.app/ both redirect to https://www.reddragonbrewery.com/ (HTTP 403 at the redirect target); api.fanhouse.app
  does not resolve (connection failure); /.well-known/security.txt and /llms.txt on fanhouse.app return 301 to the same unrelated
  host. No API surface located.'
x-verification:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  method: probed
  findings:
  - host: fanhouse.app
    result: 301 redirect to www.reddragonbrewery.com (unrelated domain)
  - host: api.fanhouse.app
    result: DNS does not resolve
  - host: github.com/fanhouse
    result: HTTP 200 but NOT first-party — 3 public repos (meme, -meme, jquery fork), all last updated May 2018, predating
      the Fanhouse product. Not wired as GitHubOrganization.
  - host: www.fanhouse.com
    result: HTTP 200, live creator-monetization platform for studios/agencies. A DISTINCT entity from the defunct a16z-backed
      fanhouse.app product; not merged into this record. No developer surface found (/docs, /developers, /llms.txt, /.well-known/security.txt
      all 404).
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Creator Economy
- Social
- Subscriptions
- Fan Engagement
- Content Monetization
- Defunct
apis: []
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io