# Checkerspot

> Checkerspot is an Alameda, California biotechnology company (founded 2016, a Public
> Benefit Corporation) that designs and produces functional fats and oils through
> precision fermentation of microalgae. Its biology-driven molecule licensing platform
> spans algal strain development, an advanced analytical platform, bioinformatics,
> high-throughput screening, fermentation scale-up and downstream oil refining, built
> around the proprietary microbe Prototheca moriformis. Checkerspot is a
> business-to-business ingredient company, not a software vendor: it publishes no
> public API, no developer portal, no SDK and no machine-readable API contract.

## Company

- [Checkerspot](https://www.checkerspot.com/): Functional lipids from microalgae fermentation.
- [About Us](https://www.checkerspot.com/about-us/): Founded 2016, headquartered at 1250 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, CA 94501. A Public Benefit Corporation. CEO John Krzywicki, CTO Casey Lippmeier.
- [Careers](https://www.checkerspot.com/careers/): Open roles.
- [Let's Get Started](https://www.checkerspot.com/lets-get-started/): Contact and partnership enquiries - the only inbound channel published.

## Platform

- [Our Platform](https://www.checkerspot.com/our-platform/): Six integrated capabilities - algal strain development, advanced analytical platform, bioinformatics, fermentation scale-up, high-throughput screening, and downstream processing and oil refining. The company reports its Prototheca moriformis microbe exceeds 80% oil content by dry cell weight against a 44% average across 150+ comparable organisms.
- [Our Solutions](https://www.checkerspot.com/our-solutions/): Mother's milk fats for infant nutrition, rare fatty acids for health, and designer tropical fat alternatives.

## Molecules

- [Molecules](https://www.checkerspot.com/molecules/): The commercial portfolio.
- [High sn-2 Palmitate Algal Oil](https://www.checkerspot.com/molecules/high-sn-2-palmitate-algal-oil/): A bio-equivalent of the fat found in maternal milk, for infant formula.
- [Omega-7 Algal Oil](https://www.checkerspot.com/molecules/omega-7-algal-oil/): A premium source of palmitoleic acid.
- [High Oleic Palm Oil](https://www.checkerspot.com/molecules/high-oleic-palm-oil/): A sustainable tropical fat alternative.
- [Algolein tG C18/80](https://www.checkerspot.com/molecules/algolein/): Algal oil designed for cosmetic applications.

## News

- [Insights](https://www.checkerspot.com/insights/): Company news and media.
- [Insights RSS](https://www.checkerspot.com/feed/): RSS 2.0 feed.

## Legal

- [Terms of Service](https://www.checkerspot.com/terms-of-service/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.checkerspot.com/privacy-policy/)

## API surface

- Checkerspot publishes **no public API**. There is no developer portal, no API
  documentation, no OpenAPI/AsyncAPI/GraphQL contract, no MCP server and no A2A agent
  card. Every /.well-known/ path probed returns 404, and api./docs./developer./app.
  subdomains do not resolve. See
  [well-known probe record](https://github.com/api-evangelist/checkerspot/blob/main/well-known/checkerspot-well-known.yml).
- No first-party client library exists on npm, PyPI, RubyGems, crates.io, Packagist or
  NuGet, and there is no github.com/checkerspot organization. See
  [packages](https://github.com/api-evangelist/checkerspot/blob/main/packages/checkerspot-packages.yml).

## API Evangelist artifacts

- [apis.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/checkerspot/refs/heads/main/apis.yml): The APIs.json index for this company.
- [Conformance](https://github.com/api-evangelist/checkerspot/blob/main/conformance/checkerspot-conformance.yml): Applicable food-ingredient regulatory regime; API standards recorded as not-applicable.
- [Domain security](https://github.com/api-evangelist/checkerspot/blob/main/security/checkerspot-domain-security.yml): TLS, HSTS, DNSSEC, CAA, SPF and DMARC probe results.