# Gainspeed

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/gainspeed/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 0.6 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 0.6).

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

Regulatory layer — **Telecommunications**: 0.0 (matched via tags).

## 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).

## Tags

Company, Networking, Telecommunications, Cable, CCAP, Remote PHY, Distributed Access Architecture, Hardware, Acquired

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