aid: arena
name: Arena
description: >-
  Arena is an AI-powered audience engagement platform that lets publishers,
  media companies, and brands build first-party communities directly on their
  own websites and apps. Its products include Live Chat, Live Blog, Comments,
  Polls, and Q&A, plus moderation, analytics, and monetization tooling designed
  to increase traffic, boost engagement, generate leads, and monetize audiences.
  Developers integrate through the Arena Platform API (V3) and official
  JavaScript, Android, and iOS SDKs, authenticating with a site API key or a JWT
  that also powers Single Sign-On for Live Chat and Live Blog. Arena is a
  developer-tools / audience-engagement company backed by CRV, Felicis,
  Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Techstars.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arena/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- crv
- felicis
- lightspeed-venture-partners
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://dashboard-sandbox.arena.im/js/imgs/arena-logo-purple.png
tags:
- Company
- Developer Tools
- Audience Engagement
- Live Chat
- Live Blog
- Comments
- Community
- Real-Time
- Moderation
- Media
apis:
- name: Arena Platform API
  description: >-
    Arena's REST Platform API (V3) for programmatically managing engagement
    resources — Liveblog, Live Chat, Analytics, Account, Stream, Users,
    Moderation, Polls, and Q&A — mirroring the Arena Dashboard. Authenticated
    with an API key or JWT via the Authorization header.
  humanURL: https://developers.arena.im/
  baseURL: https://api.arena.im/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.arena.im/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.arena.im/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/arena-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://arena.im/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.arena.im/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.arena.im/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api-docs.arena.im/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.arena.im/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://help.arena.im/
- type: Blog
  url: https://arena.im/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://arena.im/pricing/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.arena.im/auth/create
- type: Login
  url: https://app.arena.im/auth/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://arena.im/terms-of-service/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://arena.im/privacy-policy/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/stationfy
- type: Packages
  url: packages/arena-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/arena-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/arena-authentication.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/arena-components.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/arena-conventions.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/arena-webhooks.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/arena-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/arena-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence