Second Spectrum (Genius Sports)

Second Spectrum is a Los Angeles–based computer vision and AI sports tracking company, acquired by Genius Sports in 2021 for roughly $200M. It supplies skeletal and optical tracking, machine-learning analytics, and augmented broadcast products to major leagues, clubs, and broadcasters — most notably the NBA (official tracking partner from 2017 to 2023), the Premier League (official tracking partner via Football DataCo), and MLS. The customer-facing offering is the Performance Studio platform, used by club analysts and coaching staff to access tracking data, visualizations, and tagged clips. There is no public developer portal, no published OpenAPI, and no self-serve API keys; data and integration access are delivered exclusively under enterprise agreement with Genius Sports. The product surface is effectively a sales-led, league/club-tier offering rather than a developer API.

Second Spectrum (Genius Sports) publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Sports Tracking, Computer-Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Broadcast, and NBA.

Second Spectrum (Genius Sports)’s developer surface includes developer portal and 7 more developer resources.

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8.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

2 APIs

Sports TrackingComputer-Vision Artificial Intelligence Broadcast NBAPremier LeagueGenius SportsPerformance StudioSkeletal TrackingOptical TrackingAugmented Broadcast

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Composite quality — 8.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.9 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

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 Surface 0 / 5

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Portal

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DomainSecurity

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Company 4

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Website

Website

Newsroom

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Careers

Careers

LinkedIn

Other 1

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Genius Sports (parent company)

Parent

Source (apis.yml)

aid: second-spectrum
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/second-spectrum/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Second Spectrum (Genius Sports)
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
kind: company
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/second-spectrum.png
tags:
- Sports Tracking
- Computer-Vision
- Artificial Intelligence
- Broadcast
- NBA
- Premier League
- Genius Sports
- Performance Studio
- Skeletal Tracking
- Optical Tracking
- Augmented Broadcast
tags_raw:
- Sports Tracking
- Computer Vision
- AI
- Broadcast
- NBA
- Premier League
- Genius Sports
- Performance Studio
- Skeletal Tracking
- Optical Tracking
- Augmented Broadcast
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
description: Second Spectrum is a Los Angeles–based computer vision and AI sports tracking company, acquired by Genius Sports
  in 2021 for roughly $200M. It supplies skeletal and optical tracking, machine-learning analytics, and augmented broadcast
  products to major leagues, clubs, and broadcasters — most notably the NBA (official tracking partner from 2017 to 2023),
  the Premier League (official tracking partner via Football DataCo), and MLS. The customer-facing offering is the Performance
  Studio platform, used by club analysts and coaching staff to access tracking data, visualizations, and tagged clips. There
  is no public developer portal, no published OpenAPI, and no self-serve API keys; data and integration access are delivered
  exclusively under enterprise agreement with Genius Sports. The product surface is effectively a sales-led, league/club-tier
  offering rather than a developer API.
apis:
- aid: second-spectrum:performance-studio
  name: Performance Studio
  description: Customer-facing platform delivering Second Spectrum tracking data, visualizations, and clips to club analysts
    and coaching staff. Access is gated by Auth0-backed login under the Genius Sports Performance Studio domain.
  humanURL: https://performancestudio.geniussports.com/
  baseURL: https://performancestudio.geniussports.com
  tags:
  - Tracking
  - Analytics Platform
  - Coaching
  - Clips
  properties:
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://performancestudio.geniussports.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://secondspectrum.auth0.com/
    title: Auth0-backed login
- aid: second-spectrum:tracking-data
  name: Second Spectrum Tracking Data
  description: Skeletal and optical tracking data feed produced from in-venue computer vision systems for football and basketball.
    Delivered to leagues, clubs, and broadcasters under enterprise agreement; the Premier League and Football DataCo cite
    Second Spectrum as their football tracking technology.
  humanURL: https://geniussports.com/
  baseURL: https://geniussports.com/
  tags:
  - Skeletal Tracking
  - Computer-Vision
  - Football
  - Basketball
  - Enterprise
  tags_raw:
  - Skeletal Tracking
  - Computer Vision
  - Football
  - Basketball
  - Enterprise
  properties:
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://geniussports.com/
  - type: Contact
    url: https://geniussports.com/
    title: Enterprise sales-led access
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/second-spectrum-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.secondspectrum.com/
- type: Parent
  url: https://geniussports.com/
  title: Genius Sports (parent company)
- type: Portal
  url: https://performancestudio.geniussports.com/
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://geniussports.com/news/
- type: Careers
  url: https://geniussports.com/careers/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/second-spectrum
- type: Contact
  url: https://geniussports.com/contact-us/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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