# Datum

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/datum/  
**Website:** https://www.datum.net/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Datum is an open source network cloud built for AI, founded in 2024 and backed by $13.6M from Amplify Partners, CRV, Encoded Ventures, Cervin Ventures, Ex/Ante, Step Function, and Vine Ventures, and founded by Zac Smith and Jacob Smith (ex-Equinix, Packet). Datum gives AI-native developers and alternative cloud providers critical, neutral network infrastructure to compete at scale: an Envoy-based AI Edge with a Coraza OWASP WAF, Layer 7 HTTPProxy/HTTPRoute traffic management, authoritative DNS and programmatic domain management, QUIC-based secure tunnels (Connectors) powered by Iroh, and a Galactic VPC global backbone, all deployed across 17+ global network locations. The platform is exposed through a Kubernetes-style declarative control-plane API at api.datum.net, the datumctl CLI, an official MCP server, and packaged agent Skills, with OAuth 2.0 / OIDC authentication and a forever-free Builder tier. Core platform is licensed AGPLv3.

## Kin Score — 33.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+1.1 from 31.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 87.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 71.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 26.5 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Datum Cloud API** — Kubernetes-style declarative control-plane API for managing Datum Cloud resources — projects, domains, DNS zones and record sets, gateways, HTTPProxies, HTTPRoutes, traffic prot...

## MCP servers (1)

- **Datum MCP Server**

## Security (2)

- **Datum Authentication** — oauth2/openIdConnect · 2 schemes
- **Datum Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Data, Cloud, Networking, Edge, Artificial Intelligence, DNS, Infrastructure, CDN, Developer Tools

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