# Layer By Layer

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/layer-by-layer/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Layer By Layer was a San Francisco 3D-printing software startup founded in 2012 and part of Y Combinator's Summer 2013 batch. It operated a marketplace for buying, selling, and sharing printable 3D designs, and built streaming and digital rights management technology that let licensed content partners distribute 3D-printable intellectual property without handing over raw model files. MakerBot (Stratasys) announced its acquisition of the company in November 2014 and folded the streaming and DRM technology into the MakerBot Digital Store. The company no longer operates independently: layerbylayer.com is a parked domain, and there is no developer portal, documentation, public API, or GitHub organization to enrich.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| 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, 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Marketplace, Digital Rights Management, Acquired, Y Combinator

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