Lightning AI

aid: lightning-ai
name: Lightning AI
description: Lightning AI is an AI development platform from the team behind PyTorch Lightning. It provides cloud AI Studios
  (persistent GPU-backed development workspaces), ephemeral Sandboxes for running untrusted or agent-generated code, multi-node
  training and finetuning, batch and real-time inference deployments, and hosted Model APIs that expose frontier LLMs behind
  an API key. The platform is driven programmatically through the lightning-sdk Python SDK, the @lightningai/sdk JavaScript
  Sandbox SDK, and the lightning CLI, and is backed by a family of widely adopted open-source libraries including PyTorch
  Lightning, Lightning Fabric, LitServe, LitData, TorchMetrics and Thunder. Lightning AI runs as a fully managed cloud or
  inside a customer VPC (bring your own cloud), and is SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA certified.
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x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- index-ventures
- sv-angel
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment-pipeline
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Ai Ml
- Machine Learning
- GPU Cloud
- Model Inference
- Model Training
- Developer Platform
- Sandboxes
- LLM APIs
- Open Source
apis:
- aid: lightning-ai:platform-api
  name: Lightning AI Platform API
  description: 'The Lightning AI control-plane API used by the lightning-sdk Python SDK, the @lightningai/sdk JavaScript SDK
    and the lightning CLI to programmatically manage platform resources: Studios, Jobs, Deployments, Sandboxes, Drives, Teamspaces
    and Organizations. Authenticated with a teamspace-scoped Lightning API key.'
  humanURL: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/developers/sdk
  baseURL: https://lightning.ai
  tags:
  - Platform
  - Studios
  - Jobs
  - Deployments
  - Sandboxes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/developers/sdk
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/lightning-ai-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/lightning-ai-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/lightning-ai-error-codes.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/lightning-ai-data-model.yml
- aid: lightning-ai:model-apis
  name: Lightning AI Model APIs
  description: Hosted inference API that serves frontier and open models behind a Lightning API key, billed per token with
    a free monthly token allowance. Accessible through the litai Python client and through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible
    client configuration, with per-plan requests-per-minute and tokens-per-minute limits.
  humanURL: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/inference/model-apis
  baseURL: https://lightning.ai
  tags:
  - Inference
  - LLM
  - Model APIs
  - Tokens
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/inference/model-apis
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/lightning-ai-rate-limits.yml
  - type: Models
    url: https://lightning.ai/models
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lightning-ai-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://lightning.ai/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/developers
- type: Documentation
  url: https://lightning.ai/docs/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/developers/sdk
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/overview/getting-started
- type: Quickstart
  url: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/overview/quick-start
- type: Support
  url: https://lightning.ai/community/
- type: Blog
  url: https://lightning.ai/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Lightning-AI
- type: Pricing
  url: https://lightning.ai/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://lightning.ai/policies/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://lightning.ai/policies/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://lightning.ai/pages/releases/
- type: OpenSource
  url: https://lightning.ai/open-source/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.lightning.ai/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/security/compliance
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/lightning-ai-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/lightning-ai-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/lightning-ai-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/lightning-ai-cli.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/lightning-ai-sandbox.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/lightning-ai-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/lightning-ai-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/lightning-ai-error-codes.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/lightning-ai-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/lightning-ai-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/lightning-ai-conformance.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/lightning-ai-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/lightning-ai-plans.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/lightning-ai-changelog.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence