Glow

Glow (glow.fm) was a podcast subscription and membership monetization platform that let podcasters run paid, listener-supported premium feeds. The standalone product has since been folded into Libsyn: as of this enrichment pass the glow.fm domain issues a 301 redirect to Libsyn's podcast-monetization offering, its TLS certificate has expired, and no active developer portal, API, documentation, or SDK surface remains under the Glow brand. It was surfaced in the API Evangelist network as a venture-portfolio lead (a16z, Norwest Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures) and has no live API to enrich.

Glow is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Podcasting, Media, Monetization, and Subscriptions.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyPodcastingMediaMonetizationSubscriptionsDefunct

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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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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: glow
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/glow.png
name: Glow
description: 'Glow (glow.fm) was a podcast subscription and membership monetization platform that let podcasters run paid,
  listener-supported premium feeds. The standalone product has since been folded into Libsyn: as of this enrichment pass the
  glow.fm domain issues a 301 redirect to Libsyn''s podcast-monetization offering, its TLS certificate has expired, and no
  active developer portal, API, documentation, or SDK surface remains under the Glow brand. It was surfaced in the API Evangelist
  network as a venture-portfolio lead (a16z, Norwest Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures) and has no live API to enrich.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/glow/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- norwest-venture-partners
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-evidence: glow.fm 301-redirects to https://libsyn.com/podcast-monetization/; TLS certificate expired; no live API/developer
  surface (probed 2026-07-19)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Podcasting
- Media
- Monetization
- Subscriptions
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/glow-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://glow.fm
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Glow

Kin Score

Security Posture 1

Glow Domain Security

Resources

Access & Security 1

Company 1

Source (apis.yml)