Ultimate.ai

Ultimate.ai was a Helsinki- and Berlin-based customer support automation platform - virtual agents and chatbots with intent recognition and agent-assist - backed by HV Capital and Techstars. Zendesk acquired Ultimate.ai in 2024 and the product now ships as Zendesk AI agents (the "AI agents - Advanced" add-on); ultimate.ai redirects to zendesk.com and the successor AI Agents APIs (Chat, Ticket, Widget Escalation, Data Export, Delete User Data plus webhooks) are documented on developer.zendesk.com, with API keys still generated from the Ultimate.ai dashboard. The legacy Ultimate.ai Public API on chat.ultimate.ai is retired.

Ultimate.ai publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Ai Enterprise Software, Customer Support, Conversational AI, and Chatbots.

The Ultimate.ai catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Ultimate.ai’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, authentication, and 6 more developer resources.

21.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
2 APIs
CompanyAi Enterprise SoftwareCustomer SupportConversational AIChatbotsAI AgentsAutomationAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 21.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Zendesk AI Agents API (formerly Ultimate.ai)

Successor API surface of the Ultimate.ai platform after the Zendesk acquisition - Chat, Ticket, and Widget Escalation APIs with matching webhooks, plus Data Export and Delete Us...

Ultimate.ai Public API (legacy, retired)

The original Ultimate.ai Public API on chat.ultimate.ai - Chat Automation (POST /api/v2/automation), Intent Recognition (POST /api/intents), and Delete User Data (POST /api/gdpr...

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Ultimateai Authentication

http-basic/apiKey · 4 schemes

SECURITY

Ultimateai Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: ultimateai
name: Ultimate.ai
description: Ultimate.ai was a Helsinki- and Berlin-based customer support automation platform - virtual agents and chatbots
  with intent recognition and agent-assist - backed by HV Capital and Techstars. Zendesk acquired Ultimate.ai in 2024 and
  the product now ships as Zendesk AI agents (the "AI agents - Advanced" add-on); ultimate.ai redirects to zendesk.com and
  the successor AI Agents APIs (Chat, Ticket, Widget Escalation, Data Export, Delete User Data plus webhooks) are documented
  on developer.zendesk.com, with API keys still generated from the Ultimate.ai dashboard. The legacy Ultimate.ai Public API
  on chat.ultimate.ai is retired.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ultimateai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/82862471?v=4
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- hv-capital
- techstars
x-acquired-by: zendesk
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 6
  pass: local-v1
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Ai Enterprise Software
- Customer Support
- Conversational AI
- Chatbots
- AI Agents
- Automation
- Acquired
apis:
- name: Zendesk AI Agents API (formerly Ultimate.ai)
  description: Successor API surface of the Ultimate.ai platform after the Zendesk acquisition - Chat, Ticket, and Widget
    Escalation APIs with matching webhooks, plus Data Export and Delete User Data. Requires the AI agents - Advanced add-on;
    authenticates with a Custom CRM or organization API key generated from the Ultimate.ai dashboard.
  humanURL: https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/ai-agents/introduction/
  baseURL: https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com/ai-agents/api
  tags:
  - AI Agents
  - Chatbots
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.zendesk.com/documentation/ai-agents
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/ai-agents/introduction/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/ai-agents/authentication/
- name: Ultimate.ai Public API (legacy, retired)
  description: 'The original Ultimate.ai Public API on chat.ultimate.ai - Chat Automation (POST /api/v2/automation), Intent
    Recognition (POST /api/intents), and Delete User Data (POST /api/gdpr/delete-user-data) - documented in a Slate docs repo
    in the ultimateai GitHub org. Probed 2026-07-21: endpoints return 404; superseded by the Zendesk AI Agents API.'
  humanURL: https://github.com/ultimateai/public-api
  baseURL: https://chat.ultimate.ai
  x-status: retired
  tags:
  - Chatbots
  - Intent Recognition
  - GDPR
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://ultimate.ai/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.zendesk.com/documentation/ai-agents
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/ai-agents/introduction/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ultimateai
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ultimateai-authentication.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/ultimateai-ai-agents-webhooks.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/ultimateai-problem-types.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/ultimateai-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ultimateai-domain-security.yml