Bluebox

Bluebox (Bluebox Security) was an enterprise mobile and application security startup founded around 2012 that let organizations secure corporate data on employee-owned smartphones and tablets without managing the whole device. It raised roughly $27.5M, with Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) leading its Series A and returning for the Series B alongside Tenaya Capital, Andreas Bechtolsheim, and SV Angel. Its technology assets were acquired by Lookout on April 8, 2016, after which Bluebox ceased operating as an independent company. It was a packaged security product vendor, not a public API provider, and it maintains no live developer portal, documentation, or API surface today.

Bluebox is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Security, Mobile Security, Application Security, and Enterprise Security.

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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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CompanySecurityMobile SecurityApplication SecurityEnterprise SecurityAcquiredDefunct

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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)

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name: Bluebox
description: Bluebox (Bluebox Security) was an enterprise mobile and application security startup founded around 2012 that
  let organizations secure corporate data on employee-owned smartphones and tablets without managing the whole device. It
  raised roughly $27.5M, with Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) leading its Series A and returning for the Series B alongside Tenaya
  Capital, Andreas Bechtolsheim, and SV Angel. Its technology assets were acquired by Lookout on April 8, 2016, after which
  Bluebox ceased operating as an independent company. It was a packaged security product vendor, not a public API provider,
  and it maintains no live developer portal, documentation, or API surface today.
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created: '2026-07-17'
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- Enterprise Security
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