# Cumulus Networks

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cumulus-networks/  
**Website:** https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Cumulus Networks was a computer networking company founded in 2010 that developed Cumulus Linux, an open Linux-based network operating system for bare-metal and white-box data-center switches, along with NetQ, a network operations and telemetry platform. It was a pioneer of open, disaggregated networking, letting operators run a standard Linux distribution on commodity switching hardware. NVIDIA acquired Cumulus Networks in May 2020, and the products are now part of NVIDIA's Ethernet switching and networking software line. The former cumulusnetworks.com and docs.cumulusnetworks.com domains now redirect to NVIDIA's networking documentation. Surfaced as a portfolio company of a16z, Battery Ventures, and Wing Venture Capital.

## Kin Score — 7.2 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 7.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Cumulus Networks Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Networking, Network Operating System, Linux, Data-Center, Switching, Open Networking, Telemetry

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cumulus-networks/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.