aid: brightside
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/brightside.png
name: Brightside
description: 'Brightside (Brightside Benefit, Inc.) is an employer-sponsored financial
  care benefit that helps working families reduce everyday money stress. Delivered
  as an employee benefit through employers, Brightside pairs each employee with a
  human Financial Assistant and a mobile/web app offering emergency cash and loans,
  debt management and credit-score improvement, savings and early wage access, bill
  negotiation, crisis support (eviction, utilities, food), and guidance through major
  life events. The company is backed by a16z, Obvious Ventures, and Trinity Ventures.
  Brightside is a consumer-facing benefits platform and does not currently publish
  a public developer API or documentation.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brightside/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- obvious-ventures
- trinity-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Financial Wellness
- Employee Benefits
- Financial Services
- Personal Finance
- Fintech
- Financial Care
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/brightside-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://gobrightside.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://gobrightside.com/blog
- type: About
  url: https://gobrightside.com/about
- type: Careers
  url: https://gobrightside.com/careers
- type: Support
  url: https://gobrightside.com/contact-us
- type: SignUp
  url: https://gobrightside.com/register
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://gobrightside.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://gobrightside.com/privacy-policy
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence