# Urban Engines *

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/wikipedia-org/  
**Website:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Engines  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Urban Engines was a data analytics startup based in Silicon Valley, acquired by Google in September 2016. It provided insights into urban mobility, mapping the "Internet of Moving Things" to improve city planning and transportation. The company was founded by Shiva Shivakumar and featured in the New York Times.

## Kin Score — 4.5 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 44.6 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 5.9 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 3.1 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| 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 |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |

## Security (1)

- **Wikipedia Org Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Data Analytics, Urban Mobility, Silicon Valley, Acquired

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