aid: apropose
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/apropose.png
name: Apropose
description: >-
  Apropose, Inc. was a Mountain View, California startup spun out of the Stanford
  University Computer Science Department in 2013 to bring data-driven software to
  web design. Founded by Ranjitha Kumar, Jerry Talton, Maxine Lim, and Arvind
  Satyanarayan, the company built tools for large-scale visual page search and
  web design analytics — letting teams track design trends, compare a site's
  design against demographics, and surface prevalent design patterns to inject
  concrete data into the design process. It raised a roughly $1.875M seed round in
  2014 led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with
  angels including Pat Hanrahan and Nick McKeown. The company has since ceased
  operations and is permanently closed; it publishes no public API, developer
  portal, or documentation, and its primary domain (apropose.com) is now parked
  and listed for sale. This profile is retained as an a16z portfolio-lead record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apropose/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- NEA
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-note: >-
  Company ceased operations and is permanently closed. apropose.com redirects to
  an Afternic domain-for-sale parking page (HTTP 307); apropose.ai and apropose.io
  do not resolve. No live API or developer surface exists to enrich.
x-founded: '2013'
x-founders:
- Ranjitha Kumar
- Jerry Talton
- Maxine Lim
- Arvind Satyanarayan
x-headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States
x-origin: Stanford University Computer Science Department spinout
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Defunct
- Web Design
- Design Analytics
- Machine Learning
- Data Visualization
- Stanford Spinout
- a16z Portfolio
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence