# Primary Data

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/primary-data/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

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

## Tags

Company, Storage, Data Virtualization, Software-Defined Storage, Data Management, Metadata, Defunct

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