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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30.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

1 APIs

Company Geospatial Augmented Reality Computer-Vision Visual Positioning Spatial Computing SDK Physical AI Robotics

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 30.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 12.9 / 20

Access Clarity 6.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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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)

aid: niantic
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  - url: https://nianticlabs.com/
    status: 301
    note: declared website redirects to https://explore.scopely.com/ — a different registrable domain (nianticlabs.com ->
      scopely.com), possible rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  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.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/niantic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
- crv
- ivp
- spark-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 6
  pass: local-v1
tags:
- Company
- Geospatial
- Augmented Reality
- Computer-Vision
- Visual Positioning
- Spatial Computing
- SDK
- Physical AI
- Robotics
tags_raw:
- 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

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