# LightSource

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/lightsource/  
**Website:** https://lightsource.ai/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

LightSource is an AI-native direct materials procurement platform that connects engineering, procurement, and suppliers across the full sourcing lifecycle from concept to award. The product automates RFX creation and distribution, AI-assisted bid analysis, supplier collaboration and quote normalization across custom quote formats, and ongoing cost tracking, with more than 20,000 suppliers live on the network. It is sold to procurement and supply-chain teams in automotive, electronics, chemicals, medical devices, construction, and forest products, and the company reports sourcing cost reductions of 3-25% for customers including Time Manufacturing (Versalift), Arxada, BRP, and Canada Goose. LightSource is SOC 2 Type 2 attested and supports SSO and role-based access control. As of July 2026 the company publishes no public API, developer portal, or OpenAPI specification; its docs host is an end-user and supplier help center.

## Kin Score — 23.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 23.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 57.4 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 12.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 15.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | 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).

## Security (3)

- **Lightsource Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Lightsource Vulnerability Disclosure** — contact published
- **Lightsource Trust Center** — SOC 2 Type 2

## Tags

Company, Procurement, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Direct Materials, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software

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