Checkerspot

Checkerspot is an Alameda, California biotechnology company, founded in 2016 and incorporated as a Public Benefit Corporation, that designs and produces functional fats and oils through precision fermentation of microalgae. Its biology-driven molecule licensing platform pairs algal strain development, an advanced analytical platform, bioinformatics, high-throughput screening, fermentation scale-up and downstream oil refining, built around the proprietary microbe Prototheca moriformis, which the company reports reaches over 80% oil content by dry cell weight. The commercial molecule portfolio includes a high sn-2 palmitate algal oil that mimics the triglyceride structure of human milk fat for infant nutrition, an Omega-7 (palmitoleic acid) algal oil, a designer high-oleic tropical-fat alternative to palm oil, and Algolein tG C18/80 for cosmetic formulation; earlier work commercialized algae-derived urethane composites through the WNDR Alpine outdoor brand. Checkerspot works through ingredient and manufacturing partners including AAK, Huvepharma and La Fabrique Vegetale, and closed a USD 55 million Series C led by ArrowMark Partners with participation from Cox Enterprises. It is a business-to-business ingredient and molecule licensing company rather than a software vendor: it operates a WordPress marketing site, publishes no developer portal, no API documentation, no SDK and no machine-readable API contract, and has no GitHub organization.

Checkerspot is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Biotechnology, Precision Fermentation, Synthetic Biology, and Microalgae.

Checkerspot’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 17 more developer resources.

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13.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
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CompanyBiotechnologyPrecision FermentationSynthetic BiologyMicroalgaeLipidsFats and OilsIngredientsInfant NutritionFood TechnologyCosmeticsPersonal CareMaterialsSustainabilityUnited States

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Composite quality — 13.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 1.5 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Checkerspot Domain Security

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Resources

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown
WellKnown
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact
Contact
 Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 7

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog
 BlogRSS
BlogRSS
 Careers
Careers
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Crunchbase
Crunchbase

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Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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SecondaryMarket
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 Products
Products

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: checkerspot
name: Checkerspot
description: 'Checkerspot is an Alameda, California biotechnology company, founded in 2016 and incorporated as a Public Benefit
  Corporation, that designs and produces functional fats and oils through precision fermentation of microalgae. Its biology-driven
  molecule licensing platform pairs algal strain development, an advanced analytical platform, bioinformatics, high-throughput
  screening, fermentation scale-up and downstream oil refining, built around the proprietary microbe Prototheca moriformis,
  which the company reports reaches over 80% oil content by dry cell weight. The commercial molecule portfolio includes a
  high sn-2 palmitate algal oil that mimics the triglyceride structure of human milk fat for infant nutrition, an Omega-7
  (palmitoleic acid) algal oil, a designer high-oleic tropical-fat alternative to palm oil, and Algolein tG C18/80 for cosmetic
  formulation; earlier work commercialized algae-derived urethane composites through the WNDR Alpine outdoor brand. Checkerspot
  works through ingredient and manufacturing partners including AAK, Huvepharma and La Fabrique Vegetale, and closed a USD
  55 million Series C led by ArrowMark Partners with participation from Cox Enterprises. It is a business-to-business ingredient
  and molecule licensing company rather than a software vendor: it operates a WordPress marketing site, publishes no developer
  portal, no API documentation, no SDK and no machine-readable API contract, and has no GitHub organization.'
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- Company
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- Precision Fermentation
- Synthetic Biology
- Microalgae
- Lipids
- Fats and Oils
- Ingredients
- Infant Nutrition
- Food Technology
- Cosmetics
- Personal Care
- Materials
- Sustainability
- United States
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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- type: Products
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- type: Blog
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