Making property decisions legible.
We're building the credit score for apartments — the data layer that sits under every lease, purchase, mortgage, and insurance decision, so the people paying can see what's actually at stake.
Why Lucen exists.
Cars have CARFAX. People have FICO. Apartments have nothing — and every year, 33 million Americans make lease, purchase, mortgage, and insurance decisions on incomplete information.
The data exists. Public portals publish billions of records. Climate APIs track peril. Cities open-source violation history. The problem isn't access — it's assembly. Every buyer, renter, lender, and insurer reconstructs the same picture from scratch, imperfectly, every time.
Lucen turns fragmented data into a single explainable score. NYC first, because that's where the density, data depth, and decision stakes are highest. Nationwide from there.
How we build.
Verdict over data
Users want a decision, not a dashboard. Every surface leads with a score; the raw data is a progressive disclosure.
Source-traceable always
Every number clicks through to its primary source with a timestamp. No aggregated black boxes.
Fair by design
Never use protected-class inputs. Audit quarterly. Publish results. No exceptions.
Depth over breadth
One city at absolute completeness beats fifty cities at surface level. NYC first.
Documentation is product
Every API, methodology, and data source is publicly documented. Trust compounds.
One number, many paths
Every user sees the same Lucen Score™. Each sees different evidence and recommendations.
The builders.
Small team. PropTech, fintech, and data-infrastructure backgrounds. Shipping over talking.
Advisors
Currently partnering with operators from HouseCanary, former NAR executives, and underwriting leaders at two national P&C carriers.
Come build the property data layer.
We're hiring for roles that define the company's next 36 months. Remote-friendly, with a hub in Brooklyn.
Senior Data Engineer
Own NYC data integration and the expansion to Chicago + Boston. Python, Postgres/PostGIS, dbt.
Founding Enterprise AE
Close first 10 enterprise logos. NYC-based. Lending, insurance, or PropTech-API sales background.
Full-Stack Engineer
Own the buyer and agent product surfaces. Next.js, TypeScript, ambitious design sensibility.
Head of Scoring / Data Science
Lead methodology calibration against outcome data. PropTech or insurance underwriting experience preferred.
In the media.
The Real Deal
"A credit score for apartments, starting in NYC" — upcoming coverage Q2 2026.
Brick Underground
"The app that tells you what landlords won't" — upcoming coverage Q2 2026.
Media resources
Logo, brand guidelines, founder headshots, and fact sheet.
Get in touch.
One form. Routes to the right human within one business day.
Or email hello@lucen.ai — we respond within one business day.