# Industrial Microbes

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/industrial-microbes/  
**Website:** https://www.imicrobes.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Industrial Microbes (iMicrobes) is a synthetic-biology company in Alameda, California that engineers microorganisms to convert renewable, low-carbon feedstocks such as ethanol and methane into commercial-grade industrial chemicals and bio-based materials. Founded in 2014 (Y Combinator W15) by Liz Clarke, Derek Greenfield, and Noah Helman, the company has produced 100% bio-based acrylic acid and targets net-zero or negative-emission building-block chemicals for coatings, paints, carbon-fiber precursors, biopolymers, and biodegradable plastics. This is a company profile in the API Evangelist network; Industrial Microbes publishes no public developer API, OpenAPI definition, SDKs, or developer portal, so the enrichment pipeline captured only verified company identity and website link properties.

## Kin Score — 5.5 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## 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, Synthetic Biology, Biotechnology, Green Chemicals, Biomanufacturing, Sustainability, Fermentation, Y Combinator

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