Anchor *

Anchor was a podcast creation, hosting, distribution, and monetization platform (anchor.fm), founded in 2015 and backed by GV (Google Ventures) among others. Spotify acquired Anchor in 2019 and folded it into its creator tooling, later rebranding the product to Spotify for Podcasters and then Spotify for Creators. The anchor.fm domain now 302-redirects to Spotify's creator product (podcasters.spotify.com / creators.spotify.com); Anchor never published a standalone public developer API, and it no longer operates as an independent company. This profile was surfaced as a portfolio company of gv and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub lead; enrichment confirms it is an acquired/absorbed brand with no independent developer surface to harvest.

Anchor * is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Podcasting, Podcast Hosting, and Audio.

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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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CompanyConsumerPodcastingPodcast HostingAudioCreator ToolsMediaAcquired

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: anchor
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/anchor.png
name: Anchor *
description: Anchor was a podcast creation, hosting, distribution, and monetization platform (anchor.fm), founded in 2015
  and backed by GV (Google Ventures) among others. Spotify acquired Anchor in 2019 and folded it into its creator tooling,
  later rebranding the product to Spotify for Podcasters and then Spotify for Creators. The anchor.fm domain now 302-redirects
  to Spotify's creator product (podcasters.spotify.com / creators.spotify.com); Anchor never published a standalone public
  developer API, and it no longer operates as an independent company. This profile was surfaced as a portfolio company of
  gv and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub lead; enrichment confirms it is an acquired/absorbed brand with no
  independent developer surface to harvest.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/anchor/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: spotify
x-successor-product: https://podcasters.spotify.com/
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Podcasting
- Podcast Hosting
- Audio
- Creator Tools
- Media
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://anchor.fm
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/anchor-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Anchor *

Kin Score

Security Posture 1

Anchor Domain Security

Resources

Access & Security 1

Company 1

Source (apis.yml)