Samara

Samara is a residential design and construction company that builds prefabricated, factory-made homes. Founded as an independent venture by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, Samara designs and delivers backyard accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in configurable Studio, One Bedroom, Two Bedroom, XL 8 and XL 10 models, alongside "Locale by Samara" single-family homes and a modular "kit of parts" for higher-yield multifamily infill. The company pairs a consumer-facing online configurator, property-eligibility checks, financing options and regional showrooms with factory production and installation. Backed by General Catalyst, Samara operates in the housing, construction technology and real-estate space. It is a physical-product company with no public developer API, documentation, or developer portal at this time.

Samara is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Housing, Construction Technology, Prefabrication, and Real Estate.

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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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CompanyHousingConstruction TechnologyPrefabricationReal EstateAccessory Dwelling UnitsModular Homes

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Samara Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: samara
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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/samara.png
name: Samara
description: Samara is a residential design and construction company that builds prefabricated, factory-made homes. Founded
  as an independent venture by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, Samara designs and delivers backyard accessory dwelling units
  (ADUs) in configurable Studio, One Bedroom, Two Bedroom, XL 8 and XL 10 models, alongside "Locale by Samara" single-family
  homes and a modular "kit of parts" for higher-yield multifamily infill. The company pairs a consumer-facing online configurator,
  property-eligibility checks, financing options and regional showrooms with factory production and installation. Backed by
  General Catalyst, Samara operates in the housing, construction technology and real-estate space. It is a physical-product
  company with no public developer API, documentation, or developer portal at this time.
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created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Housing
- Construction Technology
- Prefabrication
- Real Estate
- Accessory Dwelling Units
- Modular Homes
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  url: security/samara-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.samara.com
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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