aid: bopfm
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/bopfm.png
name: Bop.fm
description: >-
  Bop.fm was a music-sharing and playlist startup that let people share and play
  individual songs across streaming services — building a link for a track that
  would resolve to whichever service (Spotify, Deezer, SoundCloud, YouTube, Rdio)
  each listener used. Founded out of Y Combinator, it reportedly reached several
  million monthly listeners and raised roughly $2M before being acquihired by
  identity-protection company LifeLock in October 2015, at which point the
  website, mobile apps, and embedded players were shut down. The company is
  defunct: the bop.fm domain no longer serves the product (it now redirects to an
  unrelated parked site) and no developer portal, documentation, or API surface
  remains online. This profile is retained as a historical record within the API
  Evangelist network; there are no live API artifacts to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bopfm/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-note: >-
  Acquihired by LifeLock in October 2015 and shut down; domain no longer serves
  the product. No live developer surface as of 2026-07-18.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Music
- Music Streaming
- Playlists
- Music Discovery
- Consumer
- Defunct
- Acquired
apis: []
common:
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bop-fm
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bop-fm
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