Distil Networks

Distil Networks was a bot detection and mitigation company founded in 2011 and backed by Techstars, providing automated-threat protection, web scraping defense, account-takeover prevention, and API security that blocked malicious bots and credential stuffing across web, mobile, and API surfaces. Distil Networks was acquired by Imperva in 2019 and its technology now lives on as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection; the distilnetworks.com domain redirects to Imperva and there is no independent Distil Networks developer surface or public API. This profile is retained in the API Evangelist network as a historical company record.

Distil Networks is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Bot Detection, Bot Mitigation, Security, and Web 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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CompanyBot DetectionBot MitigationSecurityWeb SecurityCybersecurityAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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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Security Posture 1

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

Distil Networks Domain Security

DMARC

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Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: distil-networks
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/distil-networks.png
name: Distil Networks
description: Distil Networks was a bot detection and mitigation company founded in 2011 and backed by Techstars, providing
  automated-threat protection, web scraping defense, account-takeover prevention, and API security that blocked malicious
  bots and credential stuffing across web, mobile, and API surfaces. Distil Networks was acquired by Imperva in 2019 and its
  technology now lives on as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection; the distilnetworks.com domain redirects to Imperva and there
  is no independent Distil Networks developer surface or public API. This profile is retained in the API Evangelist network
  as a historical company record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/distil-networks/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Bot Detection
- Bot Mitigation
- Security
- Web Security
- Cybersecurity
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/distil-networks-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://distilnetworks.com/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence