MavenAI and Engrain Announce Partnership to Automate All-In Apartment Pricing for Renters

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 12, 2025--

MavenAI, the leader in automated multifamily marketing solutions, has partnered with Engrain, the leader in interactive touring, mapping and data visualization software for the built environment. The partnership will enable MavenAI customers to syndicate fee data via Engrain’s SightMap REST API automatically into property Google Business Profiles (GBP), keeping operators ahead of renter standards and evolving regulations on fee disclosures.

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Similar to the travel and retail industries, multifamily operators are facing mounting pressure to disclose all fees upfront. With new laws going into effect in multiple states and municipalities, it’s critical for multifamily operators to ensure prospective residents know the full cost of the rental upfront, before they’ve applied or signed a lease.

“Managing a Google Business profile should be automatic,” said Alec Slocum, CEO of MavenAI. “MavenAI now does that at scale for multifamily, across more than 2M units. With Engrain’s fee transparency built in, operators can finally publish all-in pricing without effort. The impact is obvious: better applicants, fewer distractions, and real alignment with what residents expect.”

“The fees associated with renting an apartment can be numerous and confusing,” said Brent Steiner, founder and CEO of Engrain. “We’re excited to partner with a cutting-edge, AI-driven company like MavenAI to support the shift to fee transparency.”

Bringing real-time, transparent fees directly into MavenAI-powered Google Business Profiles ensures multifamily marketers can deliver the full cost picture renters expect - without the guesswork.

SightMap customers can enable fee syndication to MavenAI at no additional cost. Current customers can contact your Engrain representative to request fee data access for MavenAI.

Key features of Google Business AI by MavenAI, now enhanced with fee data syndication from Engrain:

About MavenAI

MavenAI automates multifamily marketing and is trusted by 800+ leading multifamily companies to automate the most time-consuming marketing tasks, including keeping Google Business Profiles updated, automating social media posts, managing reviews, and syncing listings across 60+ directories – all across every property.

MavenAI saves time, cuts costs, and enhances the renter experience – so your team can focus on more ambitious projects. Learn more at hiremaven.ai.

About Engrain

Engrain is transforming the way people find, lease and manage property. Its leading products are SightMap, an interactive property map platform, and TouchTour, a dynamic onsite showcase, and Asset Intelligence, a map-based data visualization tool. Engrain’s advanced integrations and proprietary mapping technology offer solutions for any real estate technology stack. Learn more at Engrain.com

The partnership will enable MavenAI customers to syndicate fee data via Engrain’s SightMap REST API automatically into property Google Business Profiles (GBP), keeping operators ahead of renter standards and evolving regulations on fee disclosures.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote Thursday on social media, “Motor Tanker Veronica had previously passed through Venezuelan waters, and was operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”

A social media post from U.S. Southern Command on the capture said that Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to make the capture while Noem’s post noted that, like in previous raids, a U.S. Coast Guard tactical team conducted the boarding and seizure.

Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.

The Veronica is the sixth tanker that has been seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products, and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.

Noem, in her social media post, said that the raid was carried out with “close coordination with our colleagues” in the military as well as the State and Justice departments.

“Our heroic Coast Guard men and women once again ensured a flawlessly executed operation, in accordance with international law,” Noem added.

As with prior posts, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”

However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear they see it as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.

Last week, Trump met with executives from oil companies to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.

This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)