60dB

60dB was a personalized short-form audio and podcast application built by Tiny Garage Labs, founded in 2016 by John Ciancutti, Steve Henn, and Steve McLendon. The app curated and recommended short radio-style audio stories tailored to a listener's habits, and was available on iOS, Android, and the web as well as through Alexa, Android Auto, and CarPlay. It was backed by Bloomberg Beta, Khosla Ventures, and Rivet Ventures. Google acqui-hired the founding team in October 2017 and the 60dB service was shut down on November 10, 2017. The company is defunct and publishes no developer program, API, or machine-readable interface today; the 60db.com domain now resolves to a parked placeholder page. This profile is retained as a historical portfolio-company record for the API Evangelist network.

60dB is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Audio, Podcasting, Media, and Personalization.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: 60db
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/60db.png
name: 60dB
description: 60dB was a personalized short-form audio and podcast application built by Tiny Garage Labs, founded in 2016 by
  John Ciancutti, Steve Henn, and Steve McLendon. The app curated and recommended short radio-style audio stories tailored
  to a listener's habits, and was available on iOS, Android, and the web as well as through Alexa, Android Auto, and CarPlay.
  It was backed by Bloomberg Beta, Khosla Ventures, and Rivet Ventures. Google acqui-hired the founding team in October 2017
  and the 60dB service was shut down on November 10, 2017. The company is defunct and publishes no developer program, API,
  or machine-readable interface today; the 60db.com domain now resolves to a parked placeholder page. This profile is retained
  as a historical portfolio-company record for the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/60db/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bloomberg-beta
x-investors:
- bloomberg-beta
- khosla-ventures
- rivet-ventures
x-parent-company: Tiny Garage Labs
x-acquired-by: google
x-status: defunct
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead-defunct
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Audio
- Podcasting
- Media
- Personalization
- Defunct
- Acquired
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