# Zum

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/zum/  
**Website:** https://www.ridezum.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Zum is a student transportation technology company that runs school bus operations for K-12 school districts through its Connected Mobility Experience (CMX) platform. Founded by Ritu Narayan and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Zum unifies parents, students, drivers, and district administrators with real-time ride tracking, route optimization, parent notification apps, driver tooling, fleet management dashboards, and an electrified bus program. The company serves roughly 6,500 schools and districts, has completed more than 159 million rides, and is backed by SoftBank Vision Fund. Zum operates consumer-facing parent and driver mobile apps and district dashboards, but publishes no public developer portal, API documentation, or API surface at this time.

## Kin Score — 11.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 11.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 57.4 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 25.9 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| 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 |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Zum Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Transportation, Student Transportation, Mobility, School Bus, Fleet Management, Electrification, K-12 Education

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