Rubicon

aid: rubicon
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rubicon/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-api-posture: docs-gated
x-api-posture-basis: observed
x-api-posture-note: The surviving company operates as a smaller enterprise waste brokerage and sustainability-data business
  built around the RUBICONConnect platform (service, equipment, pickup, and cost visibility for en
name: Rubicon
kind: company
description: 'Rubicon (formerly NYSE: RBT) is a waste, recycling, and sustainability technology company founded in 2008. It
  went public in 2022 via a SPAC merger with Founder SPAC at a pro forma valuation of roughly $1.7 billion, branding itself
  a "digital challenger" to the traditional waste-hauling industry with a marketplace connecting waste generators to independent
  haulers plus the RUBICONSmartCity fleet-and-routing platform used by more than 70 municipalities. Operating Status: the
  company subsequently faced severe financial distress - layoffs and debt restructuring in 2023, a June 2024 NYSE delisting,
  and a May 2024 divestiture of its entire fleet technology and smart-city business unit (RUBICONSmartCity, RUBICONPro, RUBICONPremier)
  to Rodina Capital for roughly $68 million plus a possible $12 million earnout; those assets were subsequently absorbed by
  Routeware. In early 2025 Rubicon deregistered its securities and became a privately held company, majority-owned by Jose
  Miguel Enrich through MBI Holdings, and remains the subject of shareholder litigation over the change-of-control terms.
  The surviving company operates as a smaller enterprise waste brokerage and sustainability-data business built around the
  RUBICONConnect platform (service, equipment, pickup, and cost visibility for enterprise customers such as Chipotle and FedEx),
  alongside RUBICONRegWatch compliance tooling, sustainability reporting, technical advisory services, and the Rubicon Now
  on-demand dumpster-rental service in a handful of cities. rubicon.com publishes no developer portal, no public API reference,
  and no OpenAPI specification. The only discoverable API artifact tied to the rubicon.com domain is a "Routeware Smartcity
  Public Api" Swagger UI hosted at a dev subdomain (haulerpublic-api.dev.aws.rubicon.com) - leftover infrastructure from the
  divested fleet/smart-city business - which returned a 503 Service Unavailable on every check during this review and is not
  publicly documented or reachable. Any hauler or municipal system integration Rubicon references (for example, connecting
  to city 311 systems) is negotiated per partner and gated behind sales and onboarding rather than exposed through self-serve
  developer documentation. Pricing across RUBICONConnect and Rubicon''s enterprise services is entirely quote-based and negotiated
  per contract; no public pricing, tiers, or rate limits are published. This entry is maintained as an honest stub pending
  any future public API surface.'
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/rubicon.png
tags:
- Waste Management
- Recycling
- Sustainability
- Circular Economy
- Fleet Management
- Smart City
- Enterprise
- Gated API
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rubicon-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rubicon-global
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rubicon.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.rubicon.com/feed/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com