# Skylo

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/skylo/  
**Website:** http://www.skylo.tech/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Skylo Technologies is a satellite communications company based in Mountain View, California, operating a global Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) that lets standard smartphones and IoT cellular devices connect directly to satellites over 3GPP Release 17 direct-to-device (D2D) standards for SMS, sensor telemetry, and other low-bandwidth messaging. Founded in 2017 and backed by DCM, SoftBank, Intel Capital, Innovation Endeavors, BMW i Ventures, Samsung Catalyst, Next47, Seraphim Space, and NGP Capital, Skylo has commercial service across the US, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Skylo does not publish a public REST/HTTP API; developer integration is device-level (certified modules such as Quectel, Murata, Blues Notecard and Particle) with detailed procedures gated behind a partner Knowledge Base. This API Evangelist profile tracks the company and its developer surface.

## Kin Score — 7.4 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 7.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Telecommunications**: 8.3 (matched via tags).

## 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).

## Security (1)

- **Skylo Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Frontier Tech, Satellite, Connectivity, IoT, Non-Terrestrial Network, Direct-to-Device, Telecommunications

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