Niantic

Niantic Spatial, Inc. (spun out of Niantic, Inc. in 2025 after the sale of its games division to Scopely) builds real-world foundation models for physical AI. Its Large Geospatial Model (LGM), trained on 30+ billion posed real-world images, powers a three-part geospatial platform — Reconstruct (3D models via Gaussian splats and meshes), Localize (VPS, centimeter-level 6DoF visual positioning that works indoors, outdoors, and in GPS-denied environments), and Understand (semantic querying of 3D maps). Developers build on the Niantic Spatial Development Kit (NSDK 4.x, formerly the Lightship ARDK) across Unity, Swift, Android, and ROS 2, connecting to Scaniverse and VPS 2.0. Enterprise focus areas include robotics, defense and intelligence, and oil and gas.

Niantic publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Geospatial, Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and Visual Positioning.

Niantic’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, authentication, and 12 more developer resources.

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31.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 10/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs
CompanyGeospatialAugmented RealityComputer VisionVisual PositioningSpatial ComputingSDKPhysical AIRobotics

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 31.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 10/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Niantic Spatial Development Kit (NSDK)

NSDK 4.x is Niantic Spatial's unified, SDK-first developer platform for Unity, Swift, Android, and ROS 2, exposing VPS 2.0 visual positioning (centimeter-level 6DoF localization...

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Niantic Authentication

apiKey/token · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Niantic Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 Deprecation
Deprecation
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: niantic
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/niantic.png
name: Niantic
description: Niantic Spatial, Inc. (spun out of Niantic, Inc. in 2025 after the sale of its games division to Scopely) builds
  real-world foundation models for physical AI. Its Large Geospatial Model (LGM), trained on 30+ billion posed real-world
  images, powers a three-part geospatial platform — Reconstruct (3D models via Gaussian splats and meshes), Localize (VPS,
  centimeter-level 6DoF visual positioning that works indoors, outdoors, and in GPS-denied environments), and Understand (semantic
  querying of 3D maps). Developers build on the Niantic Spatial Development Kit (NSDK 4.x, formerly the Lightship ARDK) across
  Unity, Swift, Android, and ROS 2, connecting to Scaniverse and VPS 2.0. Enterprise focus areas include robotics, defense
  and intelligence, and oil and gas.
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x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
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- battery-ventures
- crv
- ivp
- spark-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
x-enrichment:
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  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 6
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tags:
- Company
- Geospatial
- Augmented Reality
- Computer Vision
- Visual Positioning
- Spatial Computing
- SDK
- Physical AI
- Robotics
apis:
- name: Niantic Spatial Development Kit (NSDK)
  description: NSDK 4.x is Niantic Spatial's unified, SDK-first developer platform for Unity, Swift, Android, and ROS 2, exposing
    VPS 2.0 visual positioning (centimeter-level 6DoF localization), semantic understanding, meshing/depth, and the VPS Coverage
    API. Formerly the Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK). Access is authenticated with a Niantic Spatial token
    (NSDK 4.0+; legacy Lightship API key for ARDK 3.x).
  humanURL: https://www.nianticspatial.com/docs/nsdk/
  baseURL: https://www.nianticspatial.com
  tags:
  - Augmented Reality
  - Visual Positioning
  - Geospatial
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/docs/nsdk/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/docs/api/unity/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/docs/nsdk/setup/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/niantic-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://nianticlabs.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/docs/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/docs/nsdk/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/docs/api/unity/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/docs/nsdk/setup/
- type: Support
  url: https://community.nianticspatial.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/nianticspatial
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.nianticspatial.com/privacy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/niantic-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/niantic-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/niantic-packages.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/niantic-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/niantic-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/niantic-changelog.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/niantic-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/niantic-domain-security.yml