# Pensando *

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/pensando/  
**Website:** https://amd.com/pensando  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 10.8 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 10.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 12.0 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| 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).

## APIs (1)

- **AMD Pensando Policy and Services Manager (PSM) REST API** — 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-applia...

## Security (2)

- **Pensando Authentication** — 2 schemes
- **Pensando Domain Security** — DMARC

## Tags

Company, Enterprise, Networking, DPU, Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, AMD

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