generated: '2026-08-08'
method: searched
source: https://press.stavvy.com/stavvy-acquires-brace
status: defunct
summary: >-
  Brace Software, Inc. operated the Brace Default Management Platform for mortgage
  loss mitigation from 2017 until its acquisition by Stavvy, announced 1 August 2023.
  The Brace brand and domain were absorbed into Stavvy's mortgage servicing solution;
  no independent Brace product, portal, or API surface remains.
company_lifecycle:
  founded: '2017'
  founders:
  - Eric Rachmel
  - Amr Mohamed
  headquarters: Culver City, California, United States
  acquired: true
  acquirer: Stavvy
  acquisition_announced: '2023-08-01'
  acquisition_source: https://press.stavvy.com/stavvy-acquires-brace
  successor_product: https://stavvy.com/mortgage-servicing-solution
  brand_retired: true
api_lifecycle:
  public_api: false
  developer_portal: false
  versioning: null
  deprecation:
    policy_url: null
    sunset_header: false
    note: >-
      No deprecation policy was ever published, because no public API or developer
      program was published under the Brace brand.
  sla: null
  status_page: null
deprecated_operations: []
end_of_life:
  domain: brace.ai
  disposition: 301-redirect-to-acquirer
  redirect_target: https://stavvy.com/mortgage-servicing-solution
  subdomains_resolving: []
  subdomains_checked:
  - docs.brace.ai
  - developer.brace.ai
  - developers.brace.ai
  - api.brace.ai
  - app.brace.ai
x-evidence:
  checked: '2026-08-08'
  probes:
  - url: https://brace.ai/
    status: 301
    note: Location https://stavvy.com/mortgage-servicing-solution
  - url: https://brace.ai/robots.txt
    status: 301
    note: every path on the apex 301s to the acquirer
  - url: https://brace.ai/openapi.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://brace.ai/llms.txt
    status: 404
  - url: https://brace.ai/.well-known/security.txt
    status: 404
  - url: https://docs.brace.ai/
    status: 0
    note: no DNS record
  - url: https://api.brace.ai/
    status: 0
    note: no DNS record
  - url: https://press.stavvy.com/stavvy-acquires-brace
    status: 200
  - url: https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=brace.ai*
    status: 200
    note: no /developers, /docs, /api or spec path in the archived URL index