aid: anki
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/anki.png
name: Anki
description: >-
  Anki, Inc. was a consumer robotics and artificial-intelligence company based in San
  Francisco, founded in 2010 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and
  J.P. Morgan. It was known for the Cozmo and Vector companion robots and the Anki
  Drive / Overdrive robotic racing system, which combined computer vision, on-device
  AI, and mapping/navigation. Anki debuted at Apple's WWDC in 2013, shipped Cozmo in
  2016 and Vector in 2018, and published first-party Python and C# SDKs so developers
  could program the robots over a local connection. Anki ceased operations in May 2019
  and its assets were later acquired by Digital Dream Labs. This profile was surfaced
  as a portfolio company of a16z and enriched by the API Evangelist pipeline; the
  robot SDKs remain the company's public developer surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/anki/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-note: Ceased operations May 2019; assets acquired by Digital Dream Labs.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Consumer Electronics
- Computer Vision
- SDK
- Python
- Education
apis: []
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/anki
- type: Packages
  url: packages/anki-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/anki-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/anki-llms.txt
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