Pensando *

AMD Pensando (formerly Pensando Systems, acquired by AMD in 2022) builds programmable Distributed Services Cards (DPUs) and the Policy and Services Manager (PSM) control plane that operates them across cloud, distributed services switch, and enterprise deployments. PSM exposes a REST API — surfaced through auto-generated, first-party Python bindings on PyPI (pensando-cloud, pensando-dss, pensando-ent) and a Terraform provider — for managing clusters, networks, security policy, and services on Pensando infrastructure. Originally surfaced as a portfolio company of GV and Lightspeed Venture Partners and added to the API Evangelist network for enrichment.

Pensando * publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Enterprise, Networking, DPU, and Infrastructure.

Pensando *’s developer surface includes authentication and 10 more developer resources.

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12.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

1 APIs

CompanyEnterpriseNetworkingDPUInfrastructureCloudSecurityAMD

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 12.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

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 8 / 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.

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

DataModel

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SDKs

SDKs

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: pensando
name: Pensando *
description: AMD Pensando (formerly Pensando Systems, acquired by AMD in 2022) builds programmable Distributed Services Cards
  (DPUs) and the Policy and Services Manager (PSM) control plane that operates them across cloud, distributed services switch,
  and enterprise deployments. PSM exposes a REST API — surfaced through auto-generated, first-party Python bindings on PyPI
  (pensando-cloud, pensando-dss, pensando-ent) and a Terraform provider — for managing clusters, networks, security policy,
  and services on Pensando infrastructure. Originally surfaced as a portfolio company of GV and Lightspeed Venture Partners
  and added to the API Evangelist network for enrichment.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pensando/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24572811
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Enterprise
- Networking
- DPU
- Infrastructure
- Cloud
- Security
- AMD
apis:
- name: AMD Pensando Policy and Services Manager (PSM) REST API
  description: REST API for the AMD Pensando Policy and Services Manager control plane — manage clusters, networks, security
    policy, and services on Pensando DPUs. The API is served per-appliance; live interactive docs and the Swagger schema are
    exposed by a running PSM deployment. First-party Python bindings and a Terraform provider consume this API.
  humanURL: https://github.com/pensando/pypi
  image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24572811
  tags:
  - PSM
  - Networking
  - Security
  - DPU
  properties:
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/pensando/pypi
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/pensando/pypi/blob/main/docs/PSMAPI.md
  - type: Packages
    url: packages/pensando-packages.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: packages/pensando-packages.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/pensando-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://amd.com/pensando
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/pensando
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/pensando-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/pensando-packages.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pensando-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/pensando-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/pensando-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/pensando-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/pensando-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/pensando-data-model.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/pensando-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 5
  pass: local-v1

Pensando *

Kin Score

APIs 1

AMD Pensando Policy and Services Manager (PSM) REST API

Security Posture 2

Pensando Authentication

Pensando Domain Security

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