# Thread

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/thread/  
**Website:** https://www.thread.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Thread (thread.com) was a UK-based fashion technology company that combined AI with human expert stylists to deliver personalized clothing recommendations for men and women. Founded by Kieran O'Neill and Ben Phillips and backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Balderton Capital, Thread's brand, technology and data were acquired by Marks & Spencer. The company subsequently entered administration and has ceased trading; its site now serves only a shutdown notice. Enrichment found no public API, developer portal, documentation, or event surface. This profile is retained as a network record of a defunct portfolio company.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Thread Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Fashion, Retail, Styling, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Defunct

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/thread/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.