Verse

Verse (verse.inc) is a private company backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, surfaced into the API Evangelist network from Bessemer's portfolio. Its public marketing site is served entirely behind a Cloudflare bot challenge, so the product and sector could not be independently characterized from the site itself during enrichment. What is verifiable: Verse operates a live, authenticated backend API at api.verse.inc built on the Connect RPC protocol (a gRPC-compatible framework — the host advertises the Connect-Protocol-Version header and OPTIONS/GET/POST/PATCH/DELETE methods), fronted by Google infrastructure, and it publishes an RFC 9116 security.txt naming a security contact. No public OpenAPI, developer docs, SDKs, or MCP server were discoverable. Sector remains undetermined pending further research.

Verse publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Connect RPC, gRPC, Bessemer Portfolio, and Cloudflare.

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9.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

1 APIs

CompanyConnect RPCgRPCBessemer PortfolioCloudflare

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 9.3/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · 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 3 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

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

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: verse
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/verse.png
name: Verse
description: 'Verse (verse.inc) is a private company backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, surfaced into the API Evangelist
  network from Bessemer''s portfolio. Its public marketing site is served entirely behind a Cloudflare bot challenge, so the
  product and sector could not be independently characterized from the site itself during enrichment. What is verifiable:
  Verse operates a live, authenticated backend API at api.verse.inc built on the Connect RPC protocol (a gRPC-compatible framework
  — the host advertises the Connect-Protocol-Version header and OPTIONS/GET/POST/PATCH/DELETE methods), fronted by Google
  infrastructure, and it publishes an RFC 9116 security.txt naming a security contact. No public OpenAPI, developer docs,
  SDKs, or MCP server were discoverable. Sector remains undetermined pending further research.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/verse/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bessemer-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Connect RPC
- gRPC
- Bessemer Portfolio
- Cloudflare
tags_raw:
- Company
- API
- Connect RPC
- gRPC
- Bessemer Portfolio
- Cloudflare
- Unknown
apis:
- name: Verse API
  description: Authenticated backend API for Verse, served at api.verse.inc over the Connect RPC protocol (gRPC-compatible;
    advertises Connect-Protocol-Version and Authorization headers, and OPTIONS/GET/POST/PATCH/DELETE methods). No public specification,
    reflection, or documentation was discoverable during enrichment; the endpoint responds but requires authentication.
  humanURL: https://verse.inc/
  baseURL: https://api.verse.inc
  properties:
  - type: x-protocol
    url: connect-rpc
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://verse.inc/
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/verse-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/verse-well-known.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/verse-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: well-known/verse-security.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/verse-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 4
  pass: local-v1

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