aid: braid-social
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/braid-social.png
name: Braid Social
description: >-
  Braid (Braid Social) was a creator-economy startup building a direct-to-fan
  engagement platform for the creator economy. Founded by former Facebook
  product designer Matthew Cahill and software engineer Chris Piro, Braid let
  creators build customizable landing pages that consolidated their work across
  the web (blog posts, videos, podcasts, and commerce links), collect fan phone
  numbers, and reach followers directly through SMS text messages, push
  notifications, and mailing lists, with link tracking and cross-platform
  analytics. Positioned as a creator-friendly, direct-to-audience alternative to
  algorithm-driven social platforms, Braid raised a $6.8M seed round in August
  2023 led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with Initialized Capital. The company
  appears to be defunct as of this profile — its primary domain (braid.ai) now
  redirects to a domain-for-sale listing and no developer, documentation, or API
  surface could be found. Added to the API Evangelist network as an a16z
  portfolio lead; no public API artifacts exist to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/braid-social/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- Initialized Capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-note: >-
  Primary domain braid.ai redirects to a domain-for-sale page; braid.social does
  not resolve; docs/app/api/developer subdomains all fail to connect. No live
  developer surface found (probed 2026-07-18).
x-founders:
- Matthew Cahill
- Chris Piro
x-funding: Seed $6.8M (2023-08) led by Andreessen Horowitz with Initialized Capital
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Creator Economy
- Social
- Messaging
- SMS
- Landing Pages
- Analytics
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Fan
apis: []
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/braidsocial
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