Sounding Board

Sounding Board is a leadership development company offering tech-powered coaching and mentoring solutions that help organizations develop dynamic leaders at every level. Its platform pairs software products (Expand, Guide, and Transform) with a global network of ICF/EMCC/IAC/CCE-certified coaches to deliver 1:1 coaching, group coaching, mentoring, and on-demand leadership development. Sounding Board serves technology, professional services, government, education, healthcare, financial services, and retail organizations, and was acquired by BTS in March 2025 to extend end-to-end executive-to-frontline coaching. Surfaced as a portfolio company of Bloomberg Beta and Canaan Partners; no public developer or API surface has been found to date.

Sounding Board is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Leadership Development, Coaching, Mentoring, and Talent Development.

Sounding Board’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 4 more developer resources.

11.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyLeadership DevelopmentCoachingMentoringTalent DevelopmentHuman ResourcesSaaS

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 11.4/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 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.

Sounding Board Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: sounding-board
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  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/sounding-board.png
name: Sounding Board
description: Sounding Board is a leadership development company offering tech-powered coaching and mentoring solutions that
  help organizations develop dynamic leaders at every level. Its platform pairs software products (Expand, Guide, and Transform)
  with a global network of ICF/EMCC/IAC/CCE-certified coaches to deliver 1:1 coaching, group coaching, mentoring, and on-demand
  leadership development. Sounding Board serves technology, professional services, government, education, healthcare, financial
  services, and retail organizations, and was acquired by BTS in March 2025 to extend end-to-end executive-to-frontline coaching.
  Surfaced as a portfolio company of Bloomberg Beta and Canaan Partners; no public developer or API surface has been found
  to date.
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- bloomberg-beta
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Leadership Development
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Talent Development
- Human Resources
- SaaS
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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- type: Website
  url: https://www.soundingboardinc.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.soundingboardinc.com/blog/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.soundingboardinc.com/terms-of-service/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.soundingboardinc.com/privacy-policy/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sounding-board-domain-security.yml
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  date: '2026-07-21'
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