Gainspeed

Gainspeed, Inc. was a Sunnyvale, California networking startup that developed a Virtual Converged Cable Access Platform (Virtual CCAP) built on a Distributed Access Architecture (Remote PHY / DAA) for cable multiple-system operators (MSOs). The company was backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and was acquired by Nokia in 2016, after which its virtual CCAP technology was folded into Nokia's cable access portfolio. It was surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub. Gainspeed operated no public developer program, API, or live developer portal; its domain no longer resolves.

Gainspeed is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Networking, Telecommunications, Cable, and CCAP.

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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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CompanyNetworkingTelecommunicationsCableCCAPRemote PHYDistributed Access ArchitectureHardwareAcquired

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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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Source (apis.yml)

aid: gainspeed
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  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/gainspeed.png
name: Gainspeed
description: Gainspeed, Inc. was a Sunnyvale, California networking startup that developed a Virtual Converged Cable Access
  Platform (Virtual CCAP) built on a Distributed Access Architecture (Remote PHY / DAA) for cable multiple-system operators
  (MSOs). The company was backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and was acquired by Nokia in 2016, after which its virtual
  CCAP technology was folded into Nokia's cable access portfolio. It was surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and added to
  the API Evangelist network as a stub. Gainspeed operated no public developer program, API, or live developer portal; its
  domain no longer resolves.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gainspeed/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: Nokia
x-acquired-year: 2016
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Networking
- Telecommunications
- Cable
- CCAP
- Remote PHY
- Distributed Access Architecture
- Hardware
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence