Socrates (socrates.ai) was an AI-powered virtual employee assistant that answered day-to-day employee questions across HR, IT, and workplace services. It has been acquired by Simpplr and is no longer a standalone product: the socrates.ai domain now redirects to simpplr.com/socrates-ai/ and the technology ships as the Simpplr "AI Assistant" within their employee experience platform. No independent Socrates developer portal, API reference, or public API surface exists; developer resources, if any, live under Simpplr. This profile is retained as an acquired-company record surfaced from the Norwest Venture Partners portfolio.
Socrates is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Acquired, AI Assistant, Employee Experience, and Conversational AI.
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aid: socrates
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:
- url: https://socrates.ai
status: 301
note: declared website redirects to https://www.simpplr.com/socrates-ai/ — a different registrable domain (socrates.ai
-> simpplr.com), possible rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/socrates.png
name: Socrates
description: 'Socrates (socrates.ai) was an AI-powered virtual employee assistant that answered day-to-day employee questions
across HR, IT, and workplace services. It has been acquired by Simpplr and is no longer a standalone product: the socrates.ai
domain now redirects to simpplr.com/socrates-ai/ and the technology ships as the Simpplr "AI Assistant" within their employee
experience platform. No independent Socrates developer portal, API reference, or public API surface exists; developer resources,
if any, live under Simpplr. This profile is retained as an acquired-company record surfaced from the Norwest Venture Partners
portfolio.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/socrates/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- norwest-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
x-acquired-by: simpplr
tags:
- Company
- Acquired
- AI Assistant
- Employee Experience
- Conversational AI
- Workplace
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: ParentCompany
url: https://apis.io/providers/simpplr/
name: Simpplr
x-relationship: acquired
x-evidence: 'It has been acquired by Simpplr and is no longer a standalone product: the socrates.'
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/socrates-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://socrates.ai
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-07-21'
status: minimal
artifacts_added: 1
pass: local-v1
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