Lightspark

aid: lightspark
name: Lightspark
description: 'Lightspark builds global money-movement infrastructure on open payment networks. Its developer product is the
  Grid API — a dated-version REST API (OpenAPI 3.1, 104 paths, 564 schemas, 12 webhooks) for cross-border payouts, on/off-ramps,
  stablecoins, embedded wallets, card issuing, KYC/KYB verification and payments to Universal Money Addresses ($user@domain).
  Grid is unusually agent-native: it ships a first-class agent surface with device-code credentials, per-agent policy and
  human-in-the-loop approvals, a hosted MCP server, a published Claude agent skill, an open-source CLI, and generated TypeScript
  and Kotlin SDKs. Lightspark also operates the Spark and UMA protocol stacks and is backed by a16z, Matrix Partners, Paradigm
  and Ribbit Capital.'
image: https://images.prismic.io/lightspark-web/ageHhqYofJOwHSa5_og-05-2026.png?auto=format,compress
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightspark/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- matrix-partners
- paradigm
- ribbit-capital
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: full-openapi-and-agent-surface
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Payments
- Cross-Border Payments
- Stablecoins
- Bitcoin
- Lightning Network
- Embedded Finance
- Agentic Payments
- Cards
- KYC
- Financial Services
- Foreign Exchange
apis:
- aid: lightspark:grid
  name: Grid API
  description: The Grid API enables modern financial institutions to easily send and receive global payments. It covers customers
    and KYC/KYB verification, internal and external accounts, same-currency transfers, cross-currency quotes and execution,
    UMA lookups and payments, transactions, card issuing, stablecoin provider accounts, embedded wallet authentication, agent
    provisioning and agent-scoped operations, and a sandbox with published magic test values.
  humanURL: https://docs.lightspark.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lightspark.com/grid/2025-10-13
  image: https://images.prismic.io/lightspark-web/ageHhqYofJOwHSa5_og-05-2026.png?auto=format,compress
  version: '2025-10-13'
  tags:
  - Payments
  - Cross-Border Payments
  - Foreign Exchange
  - Stablecoins
  - Cards
  - KYC
  - Agentic Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lightspark-grid-openapi-original.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.lightspark.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.lightspark.com/api-reference/authentication
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/lightspark-grid-overlay.yaml
  - type: Spectral
    url: rules/lightspark-grid-spectral.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/lightspark-grid-webhooks.yml
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/lightsparkdev/grid-api
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://lightspark.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.lightspark.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.lightspark.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.lightspark.com/api-reference/authentication
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.lightspark.com/global-p2p/quickstart
- type: Support
  url: https://www.lightspark.com/contact
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://www.lightspark.com/faq
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.lightspark.com/news
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/lightsparkdev
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.lightspark.com
- type: Login
  url: https://app.lightspark.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.lightspark.com/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.lightspark.com/privacy-policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.lightspark.com/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.lightspark.com/changelog
- type: ChangeLogArtifact
  url: changelog/lightspark-changelog.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.lightspark.com/api-reference/environments
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/lightspark-lifecycle.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.lightspark.com/news/lightspark/expanding-our-bug-bounty-program
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/lightspark-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/lightspark-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: security/lightspark-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lightspark-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/lightspark-conformance.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/lightspark-authentication.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/lightspark-agentic-access.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/lightspark-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/lightspark-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/lightspark-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/lightspark-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/lightspark-cli.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/lightspark-sandbox.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/lightspark-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/lightspark-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/lightspark-error-codes.yml
- type: ProblemTypes
  url: errors/lightspark-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/lightspark-data-model.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/lightspark-grid-webhooks.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/lightspark-well-known.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence