Deepnight

Deepnight is a San Francisco defense-technology company building AI-powered digital night vision. It embeds edge AI models into commoditized digital (CMOS) image sensors, using a deep neural network that aggregates photons temporally to recover true information in near-total darkness — down to overcast moonless starlight (0.1 millilux) — exceeding the performance of conventional Gen 3 analog image-intensifier tubes at a fraction of the cost. By using mass-manufactured consumer-electronics sensors, Deepnight aims to turn night vision from a scarce defense capability into a scalable digital product for people, robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles. Founded by former Google engineers Lucas Young and Thomas Li, the company is backed by Initialized Capital and has won U.S. Army and Air Force contracts. Deepnight publishes no public developer API; this profile tracks its web and security surface.

Deepnight is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Frontier Tech, Defense Technology, Night Vision, and Computer Vision.

Deepnight’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 3 more developer resources.

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10.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyFrontier TechDefense TechnologyNight VisionComputer VisionArtificial IntelligenceImagingEdge AI

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 10.2/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 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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Security Posture 1

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

Deepnight Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

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Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: deepnight
name: Deepnight
description: Deepnight is a San Francisco defense-technology company building AI-powered digital night vision. It embeds edge
  AI models into commoditized digital (CMOS) image sensors, using a deep neural network that aggregates photons temporally
  to recover true information in near-total darkness — down to overcast moonless starlight (0.1 millilux) — exceeding the
  performance of conventional Gen 3 analog image-intensifier tubes at a fraction of the cost. By using mass-manufactured consumer-electronics
  sensors, Deepnight aims to turn night vision from a scarce defense capability into a scalable digital product for people,
  robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles. Founded by former Google engineers Lucas Young and Thomas Li, the company is backed
  by Initialized Capital and has won U.S. Army and Air Force contracts. Deepnight publishes no public developer API; this
  profile tracks its web and security surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/deepnight/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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  label: Unknown
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image: https://deepnight.com/cdn/shop/files/favicon.png
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Frontier Tech
- Defense Technology
- Night Vision
- Computer Vision
- Artificial Intelligence
- Imaging
- Edge AI
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/deepnight-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
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- type: Blog
  url: https://deepnight.com/pages/research
- type: Support
  url: https://deepnight.com/pages/contact
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://deepnight.com/policies/privacy-policy
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence