AI & Property Management: A Comprehensive Timeline

2022

• Nov 30, 2022, OpenAI: ChatGPT launches. OpenAI opens ChatGPT to the public as a free research preview. The starting gun for everything on this page. Source: OpenAI
• Dec 2022, Perplexity: Perplexity answer engine launches. An AI search engine that answers with cited sources goes live a week after ChatGPT. Source: Wikipedia

2023

• Mar 2023, OpenAI: ChatGPT API (gpt-3.5-turbo). OpenAI lets developers plug the model behind ChatGPT into their own apps at a tenth of the price of its earlier models. This is the API that the first wave of AI features in business software, including property management tools, was built on. Source: OpenAI
• Mar 14, 2023, OpenAI: GPT-4. OpenAI releases GPT-4, a big jump in reasoning over the model behind the original ChatGPT. Source: OpenAI
• Mar 14, 2023, Anthropic: Claude launches. Anthropic releases the first public version of Claude the same day as GPT-4. Source: Anthropic
• Mar 2023, Google: Google Bard opens to the public. Google's chatbot opens to users in the US and UK. It is renamed Gemini in February 2024. Source: Google
• May 2023, Showdigs: Showdigs Listing Shield. AI-powered detection of fake rental listings, plus ID and face checks before self-guided tours. Source: Business Wire
• Jun 2023, AppFolio: AppFolio launches the Realm AI suite. AppFolio groups its AI tools under the Realm brand and adds its first large language model features, starting with AI-written unit and property marketing descriptions. A conversational interface is piloted with a small group of customers. Source: AppFolio newsroom
• Jun 2023, Rentec Direct: Rentec Direct AI Listing Generator. Rentec Direct adds a GPT-3.5 powered tool that writes rental listing descriptions from a property's stored details. One of the earliest generative AI features in small-landlord PM software. Source: Rentec Direct
• Jun 2023, Process Street: Process Street launches Process AI. Process Street adds ChatGPT-powered AI that generates workflows and checklists from a prompt and can run AI steps like summarizing, translating and formatting inside a process. Source: Product Hunt
• Jul 2023, Anthropic: Claude 2. Anthropic's second-generation model, with a much longer context window for working with documents. Source: Anthropic
• Jul 2023, DoorLoop: DoorLoop Looper AI. A free ChatGPT-powered real estate Q&A chatbot. One of the first generative AI launches from a PM software company. Source: DoorLoop
• Jul 2023, AppFolio: My interview with AppFolio's Head of AI. I sat down with Cat Allday, AppFolio's Head of AI, on my podcast to talk through AppFolio's AI roadmap, months before Realm-X was announced. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter
• Sep 2023, AppFolio: AppFolio unveils Realm-X. Billed as the first generative AI conversational interface in property management software. Piloted with select customers. Source: AppFolio
• Nov 2023, xAI: xAI announces Grok. Elon Musk's xAI introduces Grok, a chatbot with real-time access to posts on X, as an early beta for a limited group of X users. Source: xAI
• Nov 2023, OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo and custom GPTs. At its first DevDay, OpenAI releases GPT-4 Turbo with a much longer memory and lower prices, and lets anyone build custom versions of ChatGPT (GPTs) without code. Many businesses built their first in-house assistant this way. Source: OpenAI
• Dec 2023, Google: Gemini 1.0. Google announces Gemini, its first natively multimodal model family. Source: Google
• Dec 2023, Rentvine: Rentvine's first AI feature. Generative AI rewrite for property listing descriptions, with thumbs-up/down feedback. Source: Rentvine release notes
• Dec 2023, Showdigs: Showdigs Tori AI leasing assistant. A customizable AI leasing assistant for single-family property managers. Source: Showdigs release notes
• Dec 2023, Property Meld: Property Meld AI Communication Suite. Property Meld ships AI Translate (eight languages for residents and vendors), AI Message Assist for drafting replies and AI Summary for condensing work order threads, included for standard package customers. Source: Property Meld

2024

• Mar 2024, Anthropic: Claude 3 family. Haiku, Sonnet and Opus launch as Anthropic's first three-tier model lineup. Source: Anthropic
• By Mar 2024, AppFolio: AppFolio Max plan adds read/write Database API. AppFolio's new top-tier Max plan, launched in early 2024, gives large operators read and write access to their AppFolio database through the Database API. The Plus plan gets read-only access. Source: AppFolio press release (GlobeNewswire via TipRanks)
• May 2024, OpenAI: GPT-4o. A faster multimodal model with real-time voice, made available to free ChatGPT users. Source: OpenAI
• May 2024, Showdigs: Showdigs AI Identity Verification. Showdigs replaces Listing Shield with pay-per-use AI Identity Verification, which matches a prospect's government ID to live selfies before a tour, plus free monitoring of Craigslist and Facebook for scam listings. Source: Showdigs release notes
• Jun 2024, Lula: Lula launches Foresight. An AI-powered work order platform with AI triage, scoping and an assistant for maintenance coordinators. Source: VKTR (PR Newswire)
• By Jun 2024, Boom: Boom public API docs. Boom's public developer docs describe REST APIs for its BoomScreen tenant screening and BoomReport rent reporting products. Earliest archived copy found; the API may be older. Source: Boom API docs (Internet Archive)
• Jun 2024, AppFolio: Realm-X beta expands, Flows piloted. AppFolio widens the Realm-X beta and pilots Realm-X Flows, AI-assisted workflow automation. Source: GlobeNewswire via TipRanks
• Jun 2024, Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet. A mid-priced Claude model that beats Anthropic's own top model and is free to try on Claude.ai, launched alongside Artifacts. It made Claude a favorite for writing and coding. Source: Anthropic
• Aug 2024, xAI: Grok-2. xAI releases Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini in beta on X, its first models to compete near the top of public leaderboards. Source: xAI
• Sep 2024, OpenAI: OpenAI o1 (reasoning models). The first model trained to think before answering, kicking off the reasoning-model era. Source: OpenAI
• Oct 2024, Quo (formerly OpenPhone): OpenPhone launches its public API. OpenPhone, now Quo, opens a public REST API to all customers for automated texts and syncing contacts and conversation data. Source: Quo (OpenPhone blog)
• Oct 2024, AppFolio: Realm-X generally available. Realm-X rolls out to AppFolio customers at FUTURE 2024. AppFolio reports users saving 10+ hours a week. Source: AppFolio
• Oct 2024, MagicDoor: MagicDoor launches as AI-native PM software. A new full PM platform for small landlords, billed as the first AI-native property management software, launches at $2.50 per unit per month with over $2M in pre-seed funding. Source: PR Newswire
• Nov 2024, Rent Manager: Rent Manager Smart Bills. AI reads PDF and image invoices, including ones vendors email to a dedicated inbox, and creates draft bills for review. A licensed add-on, later grouped under the Orion AI brand. Source: Rent Manager release notes recap
• Nov 2024, Anthropic: Model Context Protocol (MCP). Anthropic open-sources MCP, a standard way to connect AI assistants to the software and data you already use. It becomes the plumbing for every connector later on this timeline. Source: Anthropic
• Dec 2024, Google: Gemini 2.0. Google's second Gemini generation, built for the "agentic era" with native tool use. Source: Google

2025

• Jan 2025, Property Meld: Property Meld acquires Mezo. Property Meld buys Mezo and its AI virtual maintenance technician, MAX, which handles resident intake, troubleshooting and triage. I covered it in a special edition the same day. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter
• Feb 2025, Lula: Lula raises $28M Series A. Led by PeakSpan, with a large share earmarked for AI and the Foresight platform. Source: Startland News
• Feb 2025, xAI: Grok 3. xAI's model trained on its Colossus supercomputer adds step-by-step reasoning and briefly leads public rankings, putting Grok in the same conversation as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Source: xAI
• Feb 2025, Anthropic: Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code. Anthropic's first hybrid reasoning model, plus a preview of Claude Code, its agentic coding tool. Source: Anthropic
• Mar 2025, Xero: Xero open-source MCP server. Xero releases an official open-source MCP server for its accounting API, so AI assistants can read and create contacts, invoices and reports in a Xero file. Source: Xero (GitHub)
• Mar 2025, Rentvine: Rentvine AI Assistant. A voice or text assistant inside Rentvine that records receipts, adds vendor bills and creates tenant charges from a spoken or typed command. Included in Rentvine's single plan. Source: Rentvine
• Mar 2025, Vendoroo: Vendoroo unveils agents beyond maintenance. Vendoroo unveils three new AI agents at NARPM Broker/Owner covering owner communication, vendor coordination and front-office support, alongside its existing in-PMS assistant and resident-facing maintenance agent. Source: Vendoroo
• Mar 2025, Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro. Google's first 2.5 model debuts at number one on the LMArena leaderboard, the point where Google caught up with OpenAI and Anthropic. Source: Google
• Mar 2025, OpenAI: Image generation in ChatGPT (GPT-4o). ChatGPT can now create accurate, photorealistic images with readable text. The viral "Studio Ghibli" trend that followed brought a flood of new users to ChatGPT. Source: OpenAI
• Mar 2025, OpenAI: OpenAI adopts MCP. OpenAI adds MCP support, turning Anthropic's protocol into a cross-industry standard. Source: OpenAI Agents SDK docs
• May 2025, Follow Up Boss: Follow Up Boss pulls call recordings and texts from its API. Zillow-owned Follow Up Boss stops returning call recordings and text message content through its API, leaving only metadata. Integration partners, including the AI assistant HouseWhisper, lose access. Source: HousingWire
• May 2025, Anthropic: Claude 4 (Opus 4 and Sonnet 4). Anthropic's models built for long-running agent work and coding. Source: Anthropic
• May 2025, Lula: Lula + Rent Manager AI maintenance integration. Lula's AI triage and dispatch plugs directly into Rent Manager work orders. Source: Lula
• Jun 2025, Follow Up Boss: Follow Up Boss Smart Messages. AI-suggested text and email replies built into the Follow Up Boss inbox and lead profile, drafted from each lead's recent activity and past conversations. Available to all accounts on desktop. Source: Follow Up Boss changelog
• Jun 2025, AppFolio: AppFolio Realm-X Performers. AI agents for leasing and maintenance that handle inquiries, schedule showings, diagnose requests from photos and create work orders. Source: GlobeNewswire
• Jul 2025, xAI: Grok 4. xAI releases Grok 4 with built-in tool use and live search, plus a Heavy version in a new top-priced subscription tier. Source: xAI
• Aug 2025, OpenAI: GPT-5. OpenAI's next flagship becomes the default model in ChatGPT. Source: OpenAI
• Aug 2025, TenantCloud (PropertyTek): TenantCloud launches Cloudia. An AI listing assistant that turns a few property details into a polished rental listing. Source: TenantCloud
• Aug 2025, Buildium: Buildium Lumina AI Workforce. Five AI agents for maintenance, leasing, accounting, resident experience and business operations, built into Buildium. Source: Buildium Help Center
• Aug 2025, Google: Nano Banana image editing in Gemini. Google's new image model (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, nicknamed Nano Banana) lets anyone edit photos by describing the change. It went viral and pulled millions of new users into the Gemini app. Source: Google
• Sep 2025, MagicDoor: MagicDoor raises $4.5M seed. An oversubscribed seed round co-led by Okapi Venture Capital and Shadow Ventures to expand MagicDoor's AI-first platform for leasing, rent, maintenance dispatch and compliance. Source: PR Newswire
• Sep 2025, Yardi Breeze: Yardi Smart AP for Breeze Premier. AI and OCR invoice processing for Yardi Breeze Premier: invoices are emailed or uploaded, the key fields are extracted, and bills land in Breeze for review and approval. Included at no extra cost. Source: Yardi Breeze
• Sep 2025, DoorLoop: DoorLoop AI Assistant. An AI assistant for every DoorLoop customer that handles tenant requests, automates admin work and surfaces insights. Source: DoorLoop
• Oct 2025, Zillow: Zillow app inside ChatGPT. Zillow becomes the only real estate app in ChatGPT at launch, rentals included. Renters can now search listings from inside a chatbot. Source: Zillow
• Oct 2025, RentRedi: RentRedi AI onboarding. Upload leases and AI extracts tenants, rents and terms to set up the account automatically. Source: Mann Report
• Oct 2025, AppFolio: AppFolio Performance Platform. AppFolio relaunches as an AI-native platform under the banner Real Estate Performance Management, with three Realm-X Performers. Source: AppFolio
• Oct 2025, Buildium / Vendoroo: Buildium cuts off Vendoroo's access. Buildium temporarily blocks Vendoroo, an AI maintenance coordinator, from shared customers' accounts. The first public fight over who gets to plug AI into PM data. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter, Issue #162
• Oct 2025, Rentvine: Rentvine acquires RentFinder.ai. Adds AI rent pricing and comps inside Rentvine. Source: Rentvine
• Oct 2025, Rentec Direct: Rentec Direct AI invoice and receipt scanner. AI extracts and categorizes data from photographed or uploaded receipts and invoices so expenses can be posted from the mobile app. Source: Rentec Direct
• Oct 2025, RentEngine: RentEngine AI. One AI leasing agent that answers calls and texts, schedules showings and escalates to the team. Source: RentEngine
• Nov 2025, Rent Manager: Rent Manager Orion AI. Built-in AI for report summaries, call summaries, writing help, translation and smart bills, receipts and bank sync. Source: Rent Manager
• Nov 2025, Google: Gemini 3. Google's next flagship model, rolled into Search and the Gemini app. Source: Google
• Nov 2025, Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5. Anthropic's top model gets cheaper and better at coding and agent work. Paired with Claude Code, it set off a holiday wave of non-programmers building their own software. Source: Anthropic
• Nov 2025, OpenClaw: OpenClaw, the open-source personal agent. Developer Peter Steinberger releases the free, open-source agent that became OpenClaw (first called Clawdbot, then Moltbot). It runs on your own computer, works through apps like WhatsApp and Slack, and went viral in late January 2026, passing 100,000 GitHub stars in about a week. It kicked off the race for always-on personal agents. Source: Wikipedia
• Dec 2025, AppFolio / Beagle: AppFolio sues Beagle and cuts off its access. AppFolio sues Beagle, a renters insurance compliance vendor, and moves to shut off the logins Beagle used inside customers' AppFolio accounts; Beagle countersues a week later. It is the biggest legal fight yet over how outside vendors, and the AI agents that work the same way, get into PM data. Source: Peter Lohmann's blog

2026

• Jan 2026, Process Street: Process Street MCP server. A first-party MCP server exposes most of Process Street's API as tools, so AI assistants can start workflow runs, assign tasks and report on data sets. Available on all plans. Source: Process Street
• Feb 2026, Property Meld: Property Meld TrueCost, powered by MAX. Property Meld begins rolling out TrueCost, which uses its MAX AI and maintenance data to estimate repair costs at diagnosis, supply market pricing for owner conversations and automate cost capture and billing. Source: Property Meld (CEO letter)
• Feb 2026, DoorLoop: DoorLoop AI Inspections. Guided photo capture with AI-organized reports, issue flagging and work-order creation. Source: AI Journal (PR Newswire)
• Feb 2026, Showdigs: Showdigs AI Leasing Agent takes over lead management. The agent expands beyond tour booking to qualify leads over text and transcribed phone calls, answer property questions and hand tricky conversations to the team inbox with full context. Source: Showdigs release notes
• Mar 2026, Intuit QuickBooks: QuickBooks app live in ChatGPT. The QuickBooks app goes live in ChatGPT for US users, able to analyze a business's QuickBooks data and produce profit and loss and cash flow statements. Source: Intuit
• By Mar 2026, Revela: Revela AI (controlled beta). Revela opens a controlled beta of Revela AI: alerts and recommendations first (late rent, overloaded vendors), with an in-app AI agent and SmartTasks, and automation planned for later stages. Source: Revela
• By Mar 2026, RentEngine: RentEngine open API. RentEngine documents a self-serve open API, with keys generated in a developer portal and access included in the subscription. It later becomes the base for the RentEngine MCP. Earliest dated first-party mention; the API may be older. Source: RentEngine Help Center
• Mar 2026, Latchel: Latchel AI phone intake. Calls to Latchel-assigned maintenance lines are now answered by an AI intake system that handles routine and emergency requests 24/7, with a live person available within 60 seconds. Source: Latchel release notes
• Apr 2026, Tenant Turner (PropertyTek): Tenant Turner AI Virtual Agent (beta). An AI agent that handles lead conversations and books showings. Source: GlobeNewswire via Cuspera
• Apr 2026, Zoom: Zoom connector for Claude. Zoom releases an MCP connector in Claude's directory that gives Claude access to Zoom meeting summaries, transcripts, recordings and scheduling. Source: Zoom
• Apr 2026, ShowMojo (PropertyTek): ShowMojo AI Virtual Agent (beta). An AI agent (later named Mo) that answers rental inquiries by chat and text, qualifies prospects and schedules showings. Source: MyChesCo
• Apr 2026, Rentec Direct: Rentec Direct Open API goes live. A read/write REST API with granular key permissions, included at no extra cost for Rentec Direct Pro and PM clients. Rentec pitches it for AI-driven automations through tools like Tasklet and Zapier. Source: Rentec Direct
• Apr 2026, Peter Lohmann Media + Jordan Muela: 2026 PM Trends Report. Jordan Muela and I unveiled the 2026 PM Trends Report (Harris Poll, 500 small landlords) at the NARPM Broker/Owner closing keynote. 75% of owners plan to use AI to find their next property manager, and 74% are comfortable with AI handling PM tasks. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter, Tuesday Edition #15
• Apr 2026, PM in a Box (APM Help): PM in a Box launches as an open-source project. APM Help, the property management bookkeeping firm founded by Taylor Hou, launches PM in a Box: a free, open-source set of AI agents and skills for property management, built "by the industry, for the industry" to work across the software PMs already use. Source: PM in a Box on GitHub
• Apr 2026, Boom: Boom's first AI agent: Application Support. Boom launches an AI agent that watches rental applications around the clock, spots what is blocking each applicant and helps resolve it so applications reach a decision instead of stalling. Source: Boom
• Apr 2026, OpenAI: GPT-5.5. OpenAI's strongest GPT-5 update, built to take a messy multi-step task and carry it through: research, spreadsheets, documents and code. Source: OpenAI
• Apr 2026, Intuit QuickBooks: QuickBooks connector in Claude. Intuit's QuickBooks connector arrives in Claude's directory for all Claude users, analyzing QuickBooks data and generating financial statements in chat. Source: Intuit
• Apr 2026, Vendoroo: Vendoroo joins Rent Manager's integrations program. Vendoroo's AI front desk and maintenance coordinator becomes an approved Rent Manager integration, six months after Buildium temporarily blocked its access to shared customers. Source: Business Wire (via Yahoo Finance)
• Apr 2026, Quo (formerly OpenPhone): Quo joins Claude's connector directory. Quo says it is the first business phone system in Claude's official connectors directory. Claude can read call and text history, update contacts and send texts from a Quo number. Source: Quo
• Apr 2026, ShowMojo and Tenant Turner (PropertyTek): ShowMojo and Tenant Turner add Property Shield fraud detection. Both PropertyTek leasing platforms integrate Property Shield, which uses AI to scan listing sites, social platforms and marketplaces for fake ads, duplicate listings and brand impersonation, then flags threats inside the leasing dashboard. Source: GlobeNewswire (via Norfolk Daily News)
• May 2026, Xero: Xero connector live in Claude. Xero's integration with Claude goes live, letting Xero subscribers bring live accounting data such as overdue invoices and cash position into Claude conversations. Source: Xero
• May 2026, Rentvine: Rentvine MCP (beta). The first single-family PM software platform to adopt MCP, so AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT can query live Rentvine data. Announced at Be Herd 2026, in beta. Source: Rentvine
• May 2026, PM in a Box (APM Help): First look at PM in a Box, plus a skills marketplace. Shown to industry insiders in Las Vegas after the Rentvine user conference: an early (version 0.0.1) Chrome extension that learns how your PM software works and operates it for you. By late May the project also had a public marketplace for agents and skills. Source: PMAssist Industry Insights
• May 2026, Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash. Announced at Google I/O, Gemini 3.5 Flash becomes the default model in the Gemini app and in AI Mode in Search worldwide, putting a stronger agent-ready model in front of billions of people. Source: Google
• May 2026, Rently: Rently launches Ria AI leasing agent. Ria, built on the Rently Intelligence platform first previewed in Nov 2025, answers prospects by text and email, pushes them to book self-guided tours and re-engages no-shows. Single-family customers get it from June 15, 2026, with multifamily expected in Q4 2026. Source: GlobeNewswire (via The Manila Times)
• May 2026, LeadSimple: LeadSimple AI Agent (early access). AI voice handling and optional AI text replies for Phone and Inbox, guided by each company's instructions and knowledge base. Source: LeadSimple changelog
• Jun 2026, Latchel: Latchel MCP for Claude and ChatGPT. Latchel releases an MCP connector that lets property managers read and act on work orders, tasks and conversations from Claude or ChatGPT, signed in with their own Latchel login. Source: Latchel release notes
• Jun 2026, Findigs: Findigs raises $32M Series C. Funding for Findigs' automated screening and rental decisioning platform. Source: Commercial Observer
• Jun 9, 2026, Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Anthropic's first generally available Mythos-class models. Source: Anthropic
• Jun 9, 2026, AppFolio: AppFolio Realm-X connector for Claude. An agent-to-agent connector lets property managers direct work in AppFolio from Claude, inside AppFolio's permissions. Announced the same day Anthropic released Claude Fable 5. Source: AppFolio
• By Jun 2026, Aptly: Aptly MCP server. Aptly offers an MCP server so assistants like Claude and ChatGPT can read and act on Aptly boards, inboxes and knowledge. Earliest dated mention is a June 2026 Aptly webinar on using it. Source: Aptly
• Jun 2026, AppFolio: AppFolio deepens agentic AI. A multilingual Leasing Performer, automated bill processing and an AI resident concierge. Source: AppFolio
• Jun 2026, Peter Lohmann Media: My new rule for AI announcements. I stopped covering AI announcements that don't include both availability and pricing. I called out AppFolio, Entrata, Obligo, Rently and Rentvine, and pointed to Rent Manager's Orion AI as the right way to do it. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter, Issue #196
• Jun 2026, LeadSimple: LeadSimple Maintenance AI (preview). AI triages maintenance requests sent by text: it summarizes tenant texts and photos, flags missing details and prepares the work order for a person to review. In preview for eligible maintenance numbers. Source: LeadSimple changelog
• Jun 2026, AppFolio + Snappt: Snappt AI fraud detection inside AppFolio. Snappt's AI document fraud detection gets embedded in AppFolio's FolioScreen Trusted Renter screening. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter, Tuesday Edition #23
• Jul 2026, Tenant Turner (PropertyTek): Tenant Turner opens its API to all customers. Tenant Turner releases a revamped API in its customer portal, free for every customer, with self-serve documentation formatted for both developers and AI agents. The launch is pitched at property managers vibe-coding their own tools. Source: GlobeNewswire (via FinancialContent)
• By Jul 2026, Foxen: Foxen PetClear adds AI review of ESA paperwork. Foxen says it has launched AI-enabled review of emotional support animal documents inside PetClear, its pet management product: each submission is checked against 30+ data points within minutes and flagged only when staff need to step in, with the property making the final call. Foxen first wrote about it in March; it confirmed the launch in July. Sold by demo, no public pricing. Source: Foxen
• Aug 2026, xAI: xAI launches Grok Bot (beta). Always-on Grok agents that each get their own cloud computer, sign into the apps you use and work through multi-step tasks around the clock, checking in only when they need approval. Launched to top-tier SuperGrok and Cursor subscribers, then widened. Source: VentureBeat
• Aug 2026, RentEngine: RentEngine MCP. A full-access MCP so Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants can pull comps, review applicants and schedule showings from RentEngine data. Source: RentEngine
• Aug 2026, MagicDoor: MagicDoor MCP server. A read-only, open-source MCP server lets Claude and other MCP clients answer questions from live MagicDoor data, using permission-scoped API keys. Included with every plan; ChatGPT not yet supported. Source: MagicDoor
• Aug 2026, PM in a Box (APM Help): PM in a Box opens a hosted beta. PM in a Box relaunches as a hosted workspace for PM teams, with AI agents organized by department, task boards, shared inboxes and connectors for AppFolio, Rentvine, RealPage, QuickBooks Online and more. Access is by request; a desktop app is listed as coming soon. Source: PM in a Box
• Aug 2026, Boom: Boom raises $15M, launches BoomCRM. Boom, which started in tenant screening and rent reporting, raises a Series A to build a single-family leasing operating system and launches an AI leasing assistant that answers calls 24/7 and books tours. Source: Axios Pro
• Aug 2026, Rentvine: Rentvine Vinnie AI support agent. A 24/7 in-app AI support agent for Rentvine customers, with handoff to a human. Source: Rentvine Help Center
• Aug 2026, Instinct: Instinct, the personal agent you text. Startup Instinct, founded by AI agent researcher Noah Shinn, goes public with a personal agent you reach by text message or phone call instead of an app, along with a $250 million raise at a $2.5 billion valuation. Still invite-only. Source: Pulse 2.0
• Aug 2026, LeadSimple: LeadSimple opens public API docs and self-serve keys. LeadSimple publishes its REST API reference publicly and lets admins create named, read-only or read/write API keys per integration. API access previously had to be switched on by support. Source: LeadSimple changelog
• Sep 2026, OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (limited rollout). OpenAI begins rolling out GPT-6 to approved organizations first, with cybersecurity guardrails. Source: OpenAI
• Sep 2026, Crane: 2026 AI in Property Management Report. Our Crane survey of 280 property managers found Claude is the AI daily driver for 46% of PMs versus 35% for ChatGPT. Only 2% said cost is their biggest barrier. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter, Issue #207
• Sep 2026, FixGrid: FixGrid publishes API v1. FixGrid, a multifamily maintenance platform, publishes a public REST API covering tickets, units, turns, inspections and vendors, with signed webhooks and a dated changelog. Source: FixGrid Developers changelog
• Sep 2026, Meta: Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent. Built on Meta's Muse Spark model family (first released in April), Muse runs in its own secure cloud computer and can send emails, fill out forms, book travel and make purchases for you. Free tier plus $20 and $100 monthly plans; it hit number one on the App Store within about ten days. Source: TechCrunch
• Sep 2026, RingCentral: RingCentral connectors for Claude and ChatGPT. RingCentral releases MCP connectors for Claude and a ChatGPT plugin that expose voice, SMS and chat data, available with paid RingEX plans. Source: RingCentral
• Sep 2026, ShowMojo (PropertyTek): ShowMojo AI outbound voice agent. Built with Super, it calls and texts new leads within five minutes and books tours. Source: MyChesCo
• By Sep 2026, Rentvine: Rentvine Fixie AI maintenance assistant. Residents describe a problem by text, voice, photo or video; Fixie troubleshoots and writes the work order if needed. Source: Rentvine Help Center
• Sep 2026, Mason: Mason API goes self-serve with write access. Mason, an AI maintenance coordinator, ships v3 of its external API with self-serve read-only and read-write keys, plus endpoints to create and update work orders, approve estimates and invoices, and book visits. Source: Mason API changelog
• By Sep 2026, RentSpree: RentSpree Rental assistant. RentSpree adds an AI Rental assistant for landlords that answers tenant questions from the lease, captures and diagnoses maintenance requests, and books a Lula or Thumbtack pro once the landlord approves the quote. Earliest dated mention is its terms, effective Sep 8, 2026. Source: RentSpree
• Sep 2026, Peter Lohmann Media: The PM Software API Report Card. I launched a free report card grading property management software APIs, including how ready each one is for AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter, Tuesday Edition #35
• Sep 2026, Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5. Opus 5.5 delivers roughly Fable 5.1-level work at a lower price, followed six days later by a faster, cheaper Sonnet 5.5 (and Haiku 5.5 in October). This put near-top performance into the models most people use every day. Source: Anthropic
• Sep 2026, AppFolio: The new Realm-X, standard for every customer. At FUTURE 2026, AppFolio makes the new Realm-X and the Claude connector available on all plans. It says Realm-X AI actions are up sevenfold year over year. Source: AppFolio
• Sep 2026, OpenAI: OpenAI launches Dots. Announced at DevDay: always-on ChatGPT agents that run on GPT-6 Astra with their own cloud computer and browser, connect to thousands of apps and work toward the goals you set, asking before sensitive actions. Source: TechCrunch
• Sep 2026, Latchel: Latchel Autopilot AI. Latchel launches Autopilot AI, an upgraded tier with AI on every resident and vendor message, outbound voice AI, smart estimates, warranty management and preventative maintenance. New features are free during the rollout. Source: Latchel
• Oct 2026, RealPage / EliseAI: RealPage pauses new EliseAI integrations. RealPage stops all new EliseAI activations, including adding properties to existing setups (current ones keep running). RealPage says EliseAI broke their agreement by launching Apollo (Sep 3), a single AI agent that can do any task across EliseAI's platform, without RealPage's review. The CEO says the pause stays until EliseAI explains how it will keep the integration secure. The biggest access fight in multifamily since AppFolio and Beagle. Source: Multifamily Dive via Yahoo Finance
• Oct 2026, DoorLoop: DoorLoop 2.0. DoorLoop rebuilds its platform from the ground up and pitches it as agentic property management software, with AI agents running inside the same system. Now available to all customers. Source: DoorLoop
• Oct 2026, Google: Gemini 4 Argon. The first model in Google's Gemini 4 generation becomes available to developers and to paid Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and Search. Source: Google
• By Oct 2026, Rent Manager: Rent Manager lists an MCP Connector. Rent Manager's pricing page now includes an MCP Connector (for AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT) and an AI-powered Script Builder in its Premium bundle. I couldn't find an announcement or launch date yet. Source: Rent Manager pricing
• Oct 2026, micro1 / Mode: Frontier AI labs start buying PM operating data. I reported on AI data firms micro1 ($1B) and Mode ($5B) offering to buy company operational data, property management included, to train AI. I'm not selling mine. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter, Tuesday Edition #39
• Oct 2026, Anthropic: Anthropic launches Claude Duet (research preview). Anthropic's proactive personal agent, built on Claude Opus 5.5: it watches your connected email, calendar and apps, sends a morning brief, drafts replies and follows up on open work, asking before it sends, pays, signs or deletes anything. US Pro and Max subscribers, web and mobile apps. Source: MacRumors
• Oct 2026, Rentvine: Rentvine MCP goes live for all customers. Five months after the beta started, Rentvine makes its MCP available to every customer, included in every plan: 90+ governed tools that let AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT work with live Rentvine data under each user's own permissions. Unveiled at NARPM National in Las Vegas; financials stay read-only. Source: Rentvine via PR Newswire
• Oct 2026, Rentvine: Rentvine Cru: the first Pro Skills agent goes live. The agent workforce previewed at Be Herd arrives as Rentvine Cru, a set of in-app agents. The first, for maintenance, is live for every customer: it ranks vendor suggestions, flags closed issues that resurface, catches duplicate requests and drafts routine messages. Leasing and accounting agents are coming soon. Source: Rentvine via PR Newswire

Announced, not shipped yet

• Nov 2026, Peter Lohmann Media: API Report Card: first re-score (expected: Around late November 2026, then about every six months). Scores get re-run about 60 days after launch, then roughly every six months. Source: Peter Lohmann's Newsletter, Tuesday Edition #35
• Early 2027, EliseAI: EliseAI is building its own property management system (expected: Early 2027 (reported, not confirmed by EliseAI)). Reported Oct 27, 2026: EliseAI, best known for AI leasing and resident communication, is building an AI-first property management system (the system of record, books included) to launch in early 2027, based on interviews with multifamily executives who have seen it. It would compete directly with RealPage, Yardi and Entrata. Source: Thesis Driven
• No date yet, Rent Manager: More Orion AI features (expected: No date announced). Rent Manager still lists Express Help Summaries and History and Notes Summaries as coming soon, with no date. Source: Rent Manager