aid: affirmed
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/affirmed.png
name: Affirmed Networks
description: 'Affirmed Networks is a mobile networking company founded in 2010 (Andover, Massachusetts)
  that pioneered fully virtualized, cloud-native mobile core software for service providers. Its
  portfolio spanned a Virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC), the UnityCloud 5G Core, Private Network
  Service, Network Slicing, and service-automation/analytics tooling, deployed by 100+ mobile operators
  including AT&T, Orange, Vodafone, and Telus. The company was acquired by Microsoft in March 2020 and
  folded into the Azure for Operators initiative; the affirmednetworks.com site now operates as a Microsoft
  company marketing presence with no independent public developer portal or API. Surfaced in the API
  Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Matrix Partners.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/affirmed/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- matrix-partners
x-investors:
- matrix-partners
- centerview-capital
- qualcomm-ventures
- eastward-capital-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: microsoft
x-acquired-date: '2020-03'
x-successor-product: Azure for Operators
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
- 5G
- Mobile Core
- Cloud Native
- Network Functions Virtualization
- Acquired
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/affirmed-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.affirmednetworks.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence