# Lightning.AI

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/lightningai/  
**Website:** https://lightning.ai/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Lightning AI is an AI development cloud from the creators of PyTorch Lightning. The platform bundles browser-based GPU Studios, batch and multi-node training jobs, autoscaled model and container deployments, ephemeral code-execution Sandboxes, teamspace data and model registries, and an OpenAI-compatible LLM gateway (Model APIs) that fronts hosted models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and open-weights providers behind one key and one bill. Developers reach the platform through the lightning-sdk Python package and its lightning CLI, an @lightningai/sdk TypeScript SDK for Sandboxes, and a v1 REST surface reachable with the `lightning api` escape hatch. Lightning AI also publishes an llms.txt, a docs manifest registry, and six first-party Agent Skills in SKILL.md format for coding agents.

## Kin Score — 22.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 22.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 18.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

## Agent readiness — 15.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | yes |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **Lightning AI Model APIs** — OpenAI-compatible LLM gateway. Call hosted models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and open-weights providers through a single Bearer-authenticated endpoint with one bill, using p...
- **Lightning AI Platform API** — The v1 REST surface behind the Lightning AI platform — Studios, Jobs, multi-machine training, Deployments, Sandboxes, teamspaces, memberships, datasets and the model checkpoint ...

## Security (2)

- **Lightningai Authentication** — http-basic/http-bearer · 2 schemes
- **Lightningai Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, AI Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, Machine-Learning, GPU Cloud, Model Inference, LLM Gateway, Developer Tools, MLOps, Deployment

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