# Brainbase > Brainbase is a modern, end-to-end brand-licensing and intellectual-property management platform used by global licensing businesses to run licensing, partnership and sponsorship programs — covering trademarks, patents, copyrights, licences, products and royalties. Founded 2016 in Los Angeles by Nate Cavanaugh, backed by Bessemer Venture Partners (Series A, 2020), acquired by PYXiS Software Group / Jonas Software (2022). No official /llms.txt is published; this file is generated by the API Evangelist enrichment pipeline from the live API surface and catalog. ## APIs - [Brainbase API v1 (docs)](https://api.brainbase.com/docs): Public REST API v1 (bearer/JWT). User-associated contract retrieval with filter/search/pagination, general application + git build info, runtime-error reporting. Base URL https://api.brainbase.com. ## Specs - [OpenAPI 3.0 (original)](openapi/brainbase-openapi-original.json): Harvested verbatim from https://api.brainbase.com/docs. - [OpenAPI Overlay](overlays/brainbase-openapi-overlay.yaml): API Evangelist enhancements (server, descriptions). ## Artifacts - [Authentication](authentication/brainbase-authentication.yml): HTTP bearer, JWT. - [Conventions](conventions/brainbase-conventions.yml): page-number pagination, URI versioning, no idempotency. - [MCP server (candidate)](mcp/brainbase-mcp.yml): Derived candidate tool list. - [Agent Skill: list contracts](skills/brainbase-list-contracts.md) - [Data model](data-model/brainbase-data-model.yml) - [Agentic access](agentic-access/brainbase-agentic-access.yml) - [Domain security](security/brainbase-domain-security.yml) - [Well-known index](well-known/brainbase-well-known.yml) ## Company - [Application (login)](https://app.brainbase.com/) - [Bessemer portfolio profile](https://www.bvp.com/companies/brainbase) - Website (apex, currently not resolving post-acquisition): https://www.brainbase.com/