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APIs for Developers

A searchable Telegram bot providing curated access to over 500 public APIs organized into 40+ categories

Developer Tools·Launched Apr 2026·0 upvotes·roost.me

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ALIVEverified Jul 16, 2026 · HTTP 200

CohortClass of 2026

What it is

A searchable Telegram bot providing curated access to over 500 public APIs organized into 40+ categories. Developers can quickly find and integrate APIs for any project type, eliminating the need to search multiple sources.

HTTP liveness

22 probes since May 23

May 23Jul 16

AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub

May 23, 2026
First probe — live
Alive · 200 OK

Funding history

2 rounds

Total raised

$700.0M

Latest valuation

$95.0B

Stage

late

Lead investors: ICONIQ Capital · ICONIQ Capital · Founders Fund · Founders Fund · Steadfast Financial

Series H

Apr 2021

Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund

Valuation: $95.0B

$600.0M

source

Series C

Apr 2021

Steadfast Financial, Softbank Vision Fund, Tiger Global Management, ICONIQ Capital

Valuation: $1.1B

$100.0M

source

Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

None apparent

The product does not exhibit a durable economic moat. Its value derives from aggregating publicly available APIs and presenting them via a Telegram bot, which does not create network effects, proprietary data advantages, or lock‑in through switching costs. Because the underlying API listings are open and the bot’s interface is straightforward, competitors can replicate the service with minimal barriers.

Evidence comes from the product description, which states it curates over 500 public APIs across 40+ categories and is delivered as a searchable Telegram bot. The tags confirm a free, open‑source‑funded business model aimed at developers, and the associated GitHub repository (public‑apis) has 446,677 stars, indicating community visibility but not exclusive ownership of the data. Liveness probing on 2026‑07‑05 shows the service is operational.

The moat is vulnerable to any alternative discovery tools or directory sites that index the same public APIs, as well as to changes in Telegram’s platform policies that could disrupt bot delivery. No unique IP, brand equity, or distribution advantage is documented.

descriptionA searchable Telegram bot provides curated access to over 500 public APIs organized into 40+ categories
tagsBusiness model is open-source-funded and pricing model is free
GitHubGitHub repository public-apis has 446,677 stars
livenessService is alive as of 2026-07-05

0.40 confidence · grounded in 4 sources

Grounded analysis from catalog data, tags, GitHub, and liveness · Jul 2026

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