Primary Data

Primary Data was a software-defined storage and data-virtualization startup best known for its DataSphere platform, a metadata engine that abstracted files across heterogeneous storage tiers (flash, disk, cloud) behind a single global namespace and moved data automatically by policy. Backed by Battery Ventures among other investors, the company ceased operations in 2017, with much of its team and technology continuing at Hammerspace. It was surfaced as a Battery Ventures portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub for enrichment. As of this pass the company is defunct and primarydata.com is a parked domain (GoDaddy lander), so there is no live developer portal, documentation, or API surface to harvest.

Primary Data is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Storage, Data Virtualization, Software-Defined Storage, and Data Management.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyStorageData VirtualizationSoftware-Defined StorageData ManagementMetadataDefunct

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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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Source (apis.yml)

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  trial: false
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  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/primary-data.png
name: Primary Data
description: Primary Data was a software-defined storage and data-virtualization startup best known for its DataSphere platform,
  a metadata engine that abstracted files across heterogeneous storage tiers (flash, disk, cloud) behind a single global namespace
  and moved data automatically by policy. Backed by Battery Ventures among other investors, the company ceased operations
  in 2017, with much of its team and technology continuing at Hammerspace. It was surfaced as a Battery Ventures portfolio
  company and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub for enrichment. As of this pass the company is defunct and primarydata.com
  is a parked domain (GoDaddy lander), so there is no live developer portal, documentation, or API surface to harvest.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/primary-data/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-detail: Company ceased operations in 2017; team/IP continued at Hammerspace. primarydata.com is a parked domain (every
  path returns a JS redirect to /lander) with no live API surface.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Storage
- Data Virtualization
- Software-Defined Storage
- Data Management
- Metadata
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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  date: '2026-07-20'
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