generated: '2026-08-13'
method: probed
source: live probes of braid.ai, braid.social, trybraid.io, braidsocial.com and core.trybraid.io, 2026-08-13
note: >-
  This artifact records the lifecycle of the COMPANY'S PRODUCTS, not of an API —
  Braid Social has never published a public API, so there is no versioning
  policy, deprecation policy, Sunset/Deprecation header practice, SLA or status
  page to capture. What the probes did establish is a product-level correction
  to the previous profile: Braid Social, Inc. is not defunct, it pivoted, and
  the pivot product is itself paused.
api_lifecycle:
  versioning_scheme: null
  versioning_policy_url: null
  deprecation_policy_url: null
  sunset_header_practice: null
  sla_url: null
  status_page_url: null
  deprecated_operations: []
  note: >-
    No public API exists on any Braid host, so none of the above is published.
    No StatusPage or Deprecation pointer is wired into apis.yml, because the
    provider publishes neither.
product_lifecycle:
- product: Braid (creator direct-to-fan platform)
  status: discontinued
  domains:
  - braid.ai
  - braid.social
  evidence: >-
    braid.ai now serves a Cloudflare interstitial and resolves through to
    https://www.atom.com/name/Braid.ai, a domain-for-sale listing. braid.social
    has no DNS A record at all. No api./docs./app./developer. subdomain resolves
    on either domain.
- product: Braid Teams (AI employee-engagement app for Slack)
  status: paused
  domains:
  - trybraid.io
  - braidsocial.com
  app_host: app.trybraid.io
  api_host: core.trybraid.io
  evidence: >-
    The marketing site is live and current (Framer build published 2026-02-12)
    and states on the homepage, directly under the hero, "Currently not
    accepting new users". The Slack install entry point the "Add to Slack"
    button targets, https://core.trybraid.io/slack/install, returns HTTP 500.
    The application backend root https://core.trybraid.io/ still answers
    {"status": "ok"}, so infrastructure is running while onboarding is closed.
x-evidence:
- url: https://braid.ai/
  http_status: 403
  fetched: '2026-08-13'
  observed: Cloudflare challenge; final effective URL https://www.atom.com/name/Braid.ai
- url: https://braid.social/
  http_status: 0
  fetched: '2026-08-13'
  observed: no DNS A record; connection could not be established
- url: https://www.trybraid.io/
  http_status: 200
  fetched: '2026-08-13'
  observed: '"Currently not accepting new users"; footer reads "Braid Social, Inc."'
- url: https://braidsocial.com/
  http_status: 200
  fetched: '2026-08-13'
  observed: same Framer site; og:url is https://www.trybraid.io/
- url: https://core.trybraid.io/
  http_status: 200
  fetched: '2026-08-13'
  observed: '{"status": "ok"}'
- url: https://core.trybraid.io/slack/install
  http_status: 500
  fetched: '2026-08-13'
  observed: install flow errors; this is the target of the site "Add to Slack" button