Howard

Howard was the world's first flex-use real estate platform, co-founded by Michael Jaindl (CEO) and Derek Lee, aiming to bring flexibility to commercial real estate. It was an early-stage (seed) company backed by Bloomberg Beta out of its 2016 fund. The company has since permanently closed and operates no public developer surface, API, documentation, or live host. This profile is retained in the API Evangelist network as a Bloomberg Beta portfolio record and is not an active API provider.

Howard is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Real Estate, PropTech, Commercial Real Estate, and Flexible Workspace.

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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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CompanyReal EstatePropTechCommercial Real EstateFlexible WorkspaceStartupBloomberg Beta PortfolioClosed

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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: howard
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/howard.png
name: Howard
description: Howard was the world's first flex-use real estate platform, co-founded by Michael Jaindl (CEO) and Derek Lee,
  aiming to bring flexibility to commercial real estate. It was an early-stage (seed) company backed by Bloomberg Beta out
  of its 2016 fund. The company has since permanently closed and operates no public developer surface, API, documentation,
  or live host. This profile is retained in the API Evangelist network as a Bloomberg Beta portfolio record and is not an
  active API provider.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howard/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bloomberg-beta
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: closed
x-is-api-provider: false
x-identity-source: https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual/blob/main/2%20-%20In%20our%20portfolio.md
x-founders:
- Michael Jaindl
- Derek Lee
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- Commercial Real Estate
- Flexible Workspace
- Startup
- Bloomberg Beta Portfolio
- Closed
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence