Kairos Aerospace

Kairos Aerospace is a methane-detection company founded in 2014 in Sunnyvale, California that provides cost-effective, high-frequency aerial methane detection for the oil and gas industry. Its patented LeakSurveyor spectrometer is flown over upstream and midstream infrastructure to image methane plumes, and proprietary software turns those flights into actionable emissions data so operators can find, prioritize, and fix leaks. The company rebranded as Insight M in March 2024 and was subsequently acquired by Zeitview. Kairos Aerospace was surfaced as a portfolio company of DCVC and added to the API Evangelist network. It publishes no public developer API, SDK, or documentation surface, so this profile is an identity record rather than an API catalog entry.

Kairos Aerospace is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Methane Detection, Emissions Monitoring, Oil and Gas, and Aerial Imaging.

Kairos Aerospace’s developer surface includes support and 4 more developer resources.

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7.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyMethane DetectionEmissions MonitoringOil and GasAerial ImagingRemote SensingClimate TechEnergy

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Composite quality — 7.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 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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Resources

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Careers

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LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

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name: Kairos Aerospace
description: Kairos Aerospace is a methane-detection company founded in 2014 in Sunnyvale, California that provides cost-effective,
  high-frequency aerial methane detection for the oil and gas industry. Its patented LeakSurveyor spectrometer is flown over
  upstream and midstream infrastructure to image methane plumes, and proprietary software turns those flights into actionable
  emissions data so operators can find, prioritize, and fix leaks. The company rebranded as Insight M in March 2024 and was
  subsequently acquired by Zeitview. Kairos Aerospace was surfaced as a portfolio company of DCVC and added to the API Evangelist
  network. It publishes no public developer API, SDK, or documentation surface, so this profile is an identity record rather
  than an API catalog entry.
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x-backed-by:
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x-note: Rebranded Kairos Aerospace -> Insight M (March 2024); later acquired by Zeitview. No public developer/API surface
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created: '2026-07-17'
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- Methane Detection
- Emissions Monitoring
- Oil and Gas
- Aerial Imaging
- Remote Sensing
- Climate Tech
- Energy
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maintainers:
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- FN: APIs.json
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