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Instance

Instance (Instance Labs) is a Y Combinator-backed (Summer 2026) company building a verification layer for robot learning. Their platform ingests raw robot rollouts and episode footage from any robot or camera angle and automatically judges whether a task was completed successfully, returning a verdict with supporting evidence and a detailed subtask breakdown. The company positions itself as the ground-truth / success-detection layer that lets robotics teams trust their training data and train policies faster, and reports its verifier reaching higher accuracy than frontier vision-language models at a fraction of the latency across 10,000+ human-labeled episodes on 7 robot platforms. Founded by MIT computer scientists with backgrounds at SpaceX, AWS, and NASA JPL. Today the product is exposed as a hosted demo (submit videos or capture a live rollout for verification); there is no publicly documented developer API, SDK, or OpenAPI at this time.

Instance publishes 28 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Archive API, Audit API, Batch API, and 25 more. Tagged areas include Company, Robotics, Machine Learning, Verification, and Evaluation.

Instance’s developer surface includes support and 16 more developer resources.

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25.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 56/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
28 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyRoboticsMachine LearningVerificationEvaluationData QualityArtificial IntelligenceY Combinator

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 25.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 11.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 56/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 28

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Instance Archive API

The Archive API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for archive.

Instance Audit API

The Audit API from Instance — 3 operation(s) for audit.

Instance Batch API

The Batch API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for batch.

Instance Captions API

The Captions API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for captions.

Instance Clip API

The Clip API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for clip.

Instance Download API

The Download API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for download.

Instance Example API

The Example API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for example.

Instance Examples API

The Examples API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for examples.

Instance Fast API

The Fast API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for fast.

Instance Feed API

The Feed API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for feed.

Instance H1 API

The H1 API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for h1.

Instance Health API

The Health API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for health.

Instance Ingest API

The Ingest API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for ingest.

Instance Job API

The Job API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for job.

Instance Live Example API

The Live Example API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live example.

Instance Live Example Video API

The Live Example Video API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live example video.

Instance Live State API

The Live State API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live state.

Instance Opus API

The Opus API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for opus.

Instance Qr API

The Qr API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for qr.

Instance Record API

The Record API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for record.

Instance Robot Rollout Verifier API

The Robot Rollout Verifier API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for robot rollout verifier.

Instance Segment API

The Segment API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for segment.

Instance Subtasks API

The Subtasks API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for subtasks.

Instance Subtasks Trace API

The Subtasks Trace API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for subtasks trace.

Instance Upload API

The Upload API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for upload.

Instance Usage API

The Usage API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for usage.

Instance Verify API

The Verify API from Instance — 3 operation(s) for verify.

Instance Verify Frames API

The Verify Frames API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for verify frames.

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

instance-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 1

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

Instance Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Instance Agentic Access

37 operations · 15 acting

37 operations · 15 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Demo
Demo

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 DataModel
DataModel
 Conventions
Conventions
 Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: instance
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/instance.png
name: Instance
description: Instance (Instance Labs) is a Y Combinator-backed (Summer 2026) company building a verification layer for robot
  learning. Their platform ingests raw robot rollouts and episode footage from any robot or camera angle and automatically
  judges whether a task was completed successfully, returning a verdict with supporting evidence and a detailed subtask breakdown.
  The company positions itself as the ground-truth / success-detection layer that lets robotics teams trust their training
  data and train policies faster, and reports its verifier reaching higher accuracy than frontier vision-language models at
  a fraction of the latency across 10,000+ human-labeled episodes on 7 robot platforms. Founded by MIT computer scientists
  with backgrounds at SpaceX, AWS, and NASA JPL. Today the product is exposed as a hosted demo (submit videos or capture a
  live rollout for verification); there is no publicly documented developer API, SDK, or OpenAPI at this time.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instance/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-yc-batch: Summer 2026
x-website: https://www.instancelabs.ai/
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Verification
- Evaluation
- Data Quality
- Artificial Intelligence
- Y Combinator
apis:
- aid: instance:instance-archive-api
  name: Instance Archive API
  description: The Archive API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for archive.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Archive
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-archive-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-audit-api
  name: Instance Audit API
  description: The Audit API from Instance — 3 operation(s) for audit.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Audit
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-audit-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-batch-api
  name: Instance Batch API
  description: The Batch API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for batch.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Batch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-batch-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-captions-api
  name: Instance Captions API
  description: The Captions API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for captions.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Captions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-captions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-clip-api
  name: Instance Clip API
  description: The Clip API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for clip.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Clip
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-clip-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-download-api
  name: Instance Download API
  description: The Download API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for download.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Download
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-download-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-example-api
  name: Instance Example API
  description: The Example API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for example.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Example
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-example-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-examples-api
  name: Instance Examples API
  description: The Examples API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for examples.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Examples
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-examples-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-fast-api
  name: Instance Fast API
  description: The Fast API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for fast.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Fast
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-fast-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-feed-api
  name: Instance Feed API
  description: The Feed API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for feed.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Feed
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-feed-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-h1-api
  name: Instance H1 API
  description: The H1 API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for h1.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - H1
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-h1-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-health-api
  name: Instance Health API
  description: The Health API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for health.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-ingest-api
  name: Instance Ingest API
  description: The Ingest API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for ingest.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Ingest
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-ingest-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-job-api
  name: Instance Job API
  description: The Job API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for job.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Job
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-job-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-live-example-api
  name: Instance Live Example API
  description: The Live Example API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live example.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Live Example
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-live-example-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-live-example-video-api
  name: Instance Live Example Video API
  description: The Live Example Video API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live example video.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Live Example Video
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-live-example-video-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-live-state-api
  name: Instance Live State API
  description: The Live State API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live state.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Live State
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-live-state-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-opus-api
  name: Instance Opus API
  description: The Opus API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for opus.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Opus
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-opus-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-qr-api
  name: Instance Qr API
  description: The Qr API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for qr.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Qr
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-qr-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-record-api
  name: Instance Record API
  description: The Record API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for record.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Record
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-record-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-robot-rollout-verifier-api
  name: Instance Robot Rollout Verifier API
  description: The Robot Rollout Verifier API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for robot rollout verifier.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Robot Rollout Verifier
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-robot-rollout-verifier-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-segment-api
  name: Instance Segment API
  description: The Segment API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for segment.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Segment
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-segment-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-subtasks-api
  name: Instance Subtasks API
  description: The Subtasks API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for subtasks.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Subtasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-subtasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-subtasks-trace-api
  name: Instance Subtasks Trace API
  description: The Subtasks Trace API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for subtasks trace.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Subtasks Trace
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-subtasks-trace-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-upload-api
  name: Instance Upload API
  description: The Upload API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for upload.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Upload
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-upload-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-usage-api
  name: Instance Usage API
  description: The Usage API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for usage.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-verify-api
  name: Instance Verify API
  description: The Verify API from Instance — 3 operation(s) for verify.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Verify
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-verify-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-verify-frames-api
  name: Instance Verify Frames API
  description: The Verify Frames API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for verify frames.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Verify Frames
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-verify-frames-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instance-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/instance-agentic-access.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.instancelabs.ai/
- type: Demo
  url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instancelabs
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/tryinstance
- type: Support
  url: mailto:founders@instancelabs.ai
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/instance-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/instance-data-model.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/instance-conventions.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/instance-mcp.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/instance-verifier-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/instance-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/instance-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/instance-lifecycle.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/instance-verify-rollout.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/instance-batch-verify.md
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence