generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://www.hype.co/
docs: https://www.hype.co/
status: retired
summary: >-
  The Pico API is retired. Pico rebranded to Hype (hype.co) in 2023, and in
  February 2026 Hype was acquired by MMA.inc and wound down. hype.co now serves a
  single static acquisition notice; the application at app.hype.co returns 404, the
  documented API host api.trypico.com no longer resolves, and the developer
  reference at docs.trypico.com returns an S3 "NoSuchBucket" 404. No successor
  developer surface has been published on hype.co or mma.inc.
timeline:
- date: '2023'
  event: Pico rebrands to Hype; trypico.com begins redirecting to hype.co
  source: https://www.hype.co/
- date: '2026-02'
  event: >-
    Hype is acquired by MMA.inc. The hype.co homepage publishes "Hype is evolving
    into the MMA.inc ecosystem", directs all account, data-export and billing
    questions to support@hype.co, and states that existing user links and profiles
    redirect to the notice page.
  source: https://www.hype.co/
- date: '2026-08-13'
  event: >-
    API surface confirmed gone on probe — api.trypico.com NXDOMAIN,
    docs.trypico.com 404 NoSuchBucket, help.trypico.com 403, app.hype.co 404.
  source: probe
versioning:
  scheme: uri-path
  current: v0
  note: >-
    The retired reference was published as "Pico v0" at docs.trypico.com. No
    versioning policy was ever published; the docs are no longer reachable.
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: false
  note: >-
    No deprecation policy, Sunset/Deprecation header support (RFC 8594) or
    end-of-life schedule was ever published. The API was withdrawn without a
    documented deprecation process — the acquisition notice is the only
    announcement, and it does not mention the API.
sla:
  url: null
status_page: null
deprecated_operations: []
successor:
  company: MMA.inc
  url: https://www.mma.inc/
  note: >-
    Acquirer named on the hype.co notice. MMA.inc publishes no developer surface of
    its own (probed /developers, /api, /docs, /openapi.json, /llms.txt — all 404),
    so there is no successor API to follow. MMA.inc is a separate company and is
    not profiled under this slug.
contact: support@hype.co
evidence:
- {url: 'https://www.hype.co/', status: 200, note: 'acquisition notice, February 2026'}
- {url: 'https://trypico.com/', status: 302, note: 'redirects to https://hype.co'}
- {url: 'https://docs.trypico.com/', status: 404, note: 'S3 NoSuchBucket — API reference deleted'}
- {url: 'https://api.trypico.com/', status: 0, note: 'NXDOMAIN — no DNS record'}
- {url: 'https://app.hype.co/', status: 404}
- {url: 'https://help.trypico.com/en/articles/5632118-using-the-pico-api', status: 403}
- {url: 'https://www.mma.inc/developers', status: 404}