Instart Logic

Instart Logic was a web application performance and security company founded in 2010 (originally as Zettata) and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It pioneered an endpoint-integrated cloud delivery architecture that paired a cloud service with a client-side JavaScript engine (the Nanovisor) running in the browser to accelerate web and mobile web applications, optimize and stream images (SmartVision), and defend applications with bot management and a web application firewall. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Tenaya Capital, Greylock, Sutter Hill Ventures and others across roughly $140M+ in venture funding, the company's technology assets were acquired by Akamai Technologies in early 2020, after which the business wound down. No live developer or API surface remains: the instartlogic.com domain resolves to no website host and is served by Akamai nameservers.

Instart Logic is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, CDN, Content Delivery, Web Performance, and Application Security.

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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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CompanyCDNContent DeliveryWeb PerformanceApplication SecurityWeb Application FirewallBot ManagementImage OptimizationEdge Computing

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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: instart-logic
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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name: Instart Logic
description: 'Instart Logic was a web application performance and security company founded in 2010 (originally as Zettata)
  and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It pioneered an endpoint-integrated cloud delivery architecture that paired
  a cloud service with a client-side JavaScript engine (the Nanovisor) running in the browser to accelerate web and mobile
  web applications, optimize and stream images (SmartVision), and defend applications with bot management and a web application
  firewall. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Tenaya Capital, Greylock, Sutter Hill Ventures and others across
  roughly $140M+ in venture funding, the company''s technology assets were acquired by Akamai Technologies in early 2020,
  after which the business wound down. No live developer or API surface remains: the instartlogic.com domain resolves to no
  website host and is served by Akamai nameservers.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instart-logic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- Kleiner Perkins
- Tenaya Capital
- Greylock Partners
- Sutter Hill Ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-detail: Technology assets acquired by Akamai Technologies in early 2020; business wound down.
x-acquired-by: Akamai Technologies
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- CDN
- Content Delivery
- Web Performance
- Application Security
- Web Application Firewall
- Bot Management
- Image Optimization
- Edge Computing
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