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Velo3D

Velo3D builds metal additive-manufacturing systems for aerospace, defense, and energy - the Sapphire family of laser powder bed fusion printers, Flow print-preparation software, the Assure quality-assurance and control system, all powered by the Intelligent Fusion manufacturing process. These are enterprise hardware and software products; Velo3D does not publish a documented public developer API.

Velo3D publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Sapphire Printers, Flow Print Preparation, Assure Quality Assurance, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Additive Manufacturing, Metal 3D Printing, Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Aerospace, and Defense.

Velo3D’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

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21.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 16/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
4 APIs
Additive ManufacturingMetal 3D PrintingLaser Powder Bed FusionAerospaceDefense

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 21.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 6.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 20
Access Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 16/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 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 7 / 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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APIs 4

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

Velo3D Sapphire Printers

The Sapphire family (Sapphire, Sapphire XC, Sapphire 1MZ) of laser powder bed fusion metal 3D printers, using multiple 1-kilowatt lasers to produce large-format support-free par...

Velo3D Flow Print Preparation

Flow print-preparation software with native CAD import for designing and preparing support-free builds, including Flow Developer for engineers to tune process parameters within ...

Velo3D Assure Quality Assurance

The Assure quality-assurance and control system, a real-time dashboard using multi-sensor physics-based detection to validate powder health, chamber atmosphere, optics, and per-...

Velo3D Intelligent Fusion

The Intelligent Fusion manufacturing process that integrates the Sapphire printers, Flow, and Assure into an end-to-end metal additive-manufacturing workflow. Process technology...

Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Velo3D

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Velo3D Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Velo3D Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Velo3D Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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

Velo3D Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: velo3d
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/velo3d/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Velo3D
kind: company
description: Velo3D builds metal additive-manufacturing systems for aerospace, defense, and energy - the Sapphire family of
  laser powder bed fusion printers, Flow print-preparation software, the Assure quality-assurance and control system, all
  powered by the Intelligent Fusion manufacturing process. These are enterprise hardware and software products; Velo3D does
  not publish a documented public developer API.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/velo3d.png
tags:
- Additive Manufacturing
- Metal 3D Printing
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion
- Aerospace
- Defense
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: velo3d:sapphire-printers
  name: Velo3D Sapphire Printers
  tags:
  - Sapphire
  - Metal 3D Printing
  - Laser Powder Bed Fusion
  - Hardware
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://velo3d.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://velo3d.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/velo3d-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: The Sapphire family (Sapphire, Sapphire XC, Sapphire 1MZ) of laser powder bed fusion metal 3D printers, using
    multiple 1-kilowatt lasers to produce large-format support-free parts. Product feature - no documented public developer
    API surface.
- aid: velo3d:flow-print-prep
  name: Velo3D Flow Print Preparation
  tags:
  - Flow
  - Print Preparation
  - CAD
  - Software
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://velo3d.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://velo3d.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/velo3d-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Flow print-preparation software with native CAD import for designing and preparing support-free builds, including
    Flow Developer for engineers to tune process parameters within the Sapphire ecosystem. Product feature - no documented
    public developer API surface.
- aid: velo3d:assure-qa
  name: Velo3D Assure Quality Assurance
  tags:
  - Assure
  - Quality Assurance
  - In-Situ Monitoring
  - Software
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://velo3d.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://velo3d.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/velo3d-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: The Assure quality-assurance and control system, a real-time dashboard using multi-sensor physics-based detection
    to validate powder health, chamber atmosphere, optics, and per-layer melt-pool data during a build. Product feature -
    the dashboard is an operator interface, not a documented public developer API.
- aid: velo3d:intelligent-fusion
  name: Velo3D Intelligent Fusion
  tags:
  - Intelligent Fusion
  - Process Technology
  - Manufacturing
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://velo3d.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://velo3d.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/velo3d-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: The Intelligent Fusion manufacturing process that integrates the Sapphire printers, Flow, and Assure into an
    end-to-end metal additive-manufacturing workflow. Process technology - no documented public developer API surface.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/velo3d-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/velo3d
- type: Website
  url: https://velo3d.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://support.velo3d.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/velo3d-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/velo3d-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/velo3d-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://velo3d.com/blogs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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