aid: cord
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/cord.png
name: Cord *
description: 'Cord * (Cord Project Inc.) was a consumer communication startup building
  simple, fast voice messaging that let people send short audio clips to one friend
  or broadcast to a whole group, delivered through iOS and Android mobile apps. Backed
  by GV and Index Ventures, the New York based team was acquired by Spotify in 2015,
  where the product formed the foundation of a group exploring new ways people interact
  with audio; the standalone apps and service were subsequently wound down. The company
  never published a public developer platform, API, SDK, or documentation surface,
  so this API Evangelist profile is retained as a historical portfolio-lead record
  with no active API artifacts to enrich.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cord/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
- index-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: spotify
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Messaging
- Voice
- Audio
- Communication
- Mobile
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cord-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: http://www.cordproject.co/
- type: Blog
  url: http://blog.cord.im
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence