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, API, Connect RPC, gRPC, and Bessemer Portfolio.

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10.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 7/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
1 APIs
CompanyAPIConnect RPCgRPCBessemer PortfolioCloudflareUnknown

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 10.6/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 7/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
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APIs 1

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

Verse API

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 O...

Security Posture 2

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

Verse Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Verse Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

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)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- 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