aid: blackbird-labs
name: Blackbird Labs
description: Blackbird Labs is a New York-based hospitality technology company building a payments and
  loyalty platform for restaurants and their guests. Its flagship product, Blackbird Pay, is a
  blockchain-powered payment network that charges restaurants roughly 2% per transaction and settles
  automatically at the table, while diners earn $FLY loyalty rewards by checking in and can redeem
  points across participating restaurants. Payments run over Flynet, a layer-three transaction
  protocol built on Coinbase's Base, and membership is represented by an NFC-tapped NFT. Founded by
  Resy and Eater co-founder Ben Leventhal, Blackbird is backed by Union Square Ventures, Spark
  Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, and Amex Ventures. Blackbird operates as a
  consumer mobile app and a merchant platform and does not currently publish a public developer API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/blackbird-labs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://www.blackbird.xyz/opengraph-image.png
tags:
- Company
- Restaurants
- Payments
- Loyalty
- Blockchain
- Web3
- Hospitality
- Fintech
- Crypto
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/blackbird-labs-domain-security.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://www.blackbird.xyz/faq
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.blackbird.xyz/restaurant-inquiry
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.blackbird.xyz/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.blackbird.xyz/privacy
- type: Website
  url: https://blackbird.xyz
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence