“Instead of using local offices with manual communication and manual processes, we provide [our clients] with API’s that allow them to scale effectively and to provide great digital experiences to their customers,” said Patrick Burns, the cofounder and CEO of the company. Burns had previously done product at wealth management startup Betterment, where he also met his cofounder Andrew Weisgall.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/21/spruce-is-eliminating-the-drudgery-of-real-estate-and-has-29m-more-from-scale-to-make-sales-easy/