aid: dfinity
name: DFINITY
description: >-
  The DFINITY Foundation is a Swiss-based not-for-profit research organization that
  created and stewards the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), a public, decentralized
  "frontier cloud" that hosts software and data entirely inside a mathematical network
  protocol. Applications run as canisters (WebAssembly smart contracts with persistent
  state, native HTTP, and a reverse gas model paid in Cycles) that are tamperproof,
  unstoppable, and free from vendor lock-in. ICP uses Chain Key cryptography and Chain
  Fusion to transact natively on Bitcoin and Ethereum without bridges, and is governed
  on-network by the Network Nervous System (NNS). DFINITY publishes first-party developer
  tooling — JavaScript/TypeScript agent libraries under the @dfinity npm scope, Rust
  agent and Canister Developer Kit crates, the icp/dfx CLIs, and an AI agent skills
  library — plus a public HTTP interface for reading from and calling canisters.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dfinity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- multicoin-capital
- polychain
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://github.com/dfinity.png
tags:
- Company
- Blockchain
- Internet Computer
- ICP
- Web3
- Canisters
- Smart Contracts
- Decentralized Cloud
- Cryptography
- Developer Tools
apis:
- name: Internet Computer HTTP Interface
  description: >-
    The public HTTP interface (agent/gateway API) for reading state from and submitting
    calls to Internet Computer canisters, consumed by the @dfinity agent libraries, the
    Rust ic-agent, and the icp/dfx CLIs.
  humanURL: https://docs.internetcomputer.org/
  baseURL: https://icp-api.io
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.internetcomputer.org/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://dfinity.org
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://internetcomputer.org/build/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.internetcomputer.org/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.internetcomputer.org/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://internetcomputer.org/quick-start/
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://internetcomputer.org/roadmap/
- type: Blog
  url: https://internetcomputer.org/news/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dfinity
- type: Support
  url: https://forum.dfinity.org
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/dfinity-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/dfinity-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/dfinity-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/dfinity-cli.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dfinity-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/dfinity-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://dfinity.org/security/responsible-disclosure
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  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
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