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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5.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

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Company Housing Construction Technology Prefabrication Real-Estate Accessory Dwelling Units Modular Homes

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 5.0/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: samara
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/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.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/samara/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- general-catalyst
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Housing
- Construction Technology
- Prefabrication
- Real-Estate
- Accessory Dwelling Units
- Modular Homes
tags_raw:
- Company
- Housing
- Construction Technology
- Prefabrication
- Real Estate
- Accessory Dwelling Units
- Modular Homes
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  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
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1

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