aid: hyla
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/hyla.png
name: HYLA
description: 'HYLA (HYLA Mobile) was a mobile device trade-in and reverse-supply-chain
  company that ran buyback, trade-in, and device-recommerce programs for carriers,
  retailers, and manufacturers, reselling and redistributing used smartphones into
  secondary markets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, it was acquired and its business
  folded into Assurant: its site hylamobile.com now permanently redirects to
  Assurant''s mobile/broadband unit. HYLA is not a public API provider — it publishes
  no developer portal, documentation, or API, so this profile is an identity-only
  company record in the API Evangelist network rather than an API catalog entry.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hyla/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- kleiner-perkins
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: assurant
x-is-api-provider: false
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: acquired-non-api-provider
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Mobile
- Device Trade-In
- Recommerce
- Reverse Supply Chain
- Acquired
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.assurant.com/mobile-broadband
apis: []
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