# Nervana Systems

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nervana-systems/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Nervana Systems was a deep-learning and AI-hardware startup founded in 2014 (founders Naveen Rao, Amir Khosrowshahi, and Arjun Bansal) that built the open-source "neon" deep-learning framework and a custom AI training ASIC (the Nervana Engine). Backed by DCVC (Data Collective) and others, the company was acquired by Intel in August 2016 and folded into Intel's AI effort, where its work became the Intel Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP-T / NNP-I); Intel wound that product line down in early 2020 following its Habana Labs acquisition. Nervana Systems no longer exists as an independent entity and publishes no live developer surface: its primary domains (nervanasys.com, nervana.com, nervanasystems.com) no longer resolve, and it is not present in the APIs.io catalog. This profile is retained as a historical VC-portfolio lead.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 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, Artificial Intelligence, Machine-Learning, Deep Learning, AI Hardware, Semiconductors, Defunct

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