Sparkles
Sparkles is a developer platform that lets teams create custom APIs for any user data source behind a credential wall, such as utility bills or bank accounts. Developers define APIs using natural language, and Sparkles handles vendor connections, credential management, and secure user authorization flows. The platform includes a TypeScript SDK and a React component for embedding the login widget directly into applications.
- Developer Tools
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Developers often need to access user data stored behind credential walls, such as utility bills, bank accounts, or other private services. Building custom integrations for each vendor is time-consuming, requires maintaining fragile authentication flows, and demands significant engineering effort for what should be a simple data-access layer.
Solution
Sparkles provides a platform that lets developers create custom APIs for any user data source using natural language descriptions. Developers define the API they want, and Sparkles handles the underlying vendor connections and credential management. The platform provides an SDK that generates a secure link which users click to authorize access, and once connected, developers can call standard APIs to retrieve data or trigger actions. This abstracts away the complexity of vendor-specific integrations, enabling faster development and a unified interface across multiple data providers.
Target Audience
Primary users are software developers and product teams building applications that require access to users' private account data, such as fintech apps, personal finance managers, and utility cost-analysis tools.
Features
- Natural language API definition: developers describe the data and actions they need in plain English, and the platform generates the corresponding API
- Multi-vendor link creation: single links can bundle multiple vendors, letting users authorize several data sources in one flow
- Sparkles SDK for backend integration: programmatic creation of links and APIs with a lightweight TypeScript SDK
- React front-end component: a ready-made `useSparklesLink` hook and button component for embedding the authorization flow into web apps with minimal code
- Token-based access: generated link tokens enable secure, scoped access to connected user accounts, returning access tokens and metadata to the developer's server
- Bank-level security controls: SOC 2 and ISO 27001-level controls pending audit, encryption in transit and at rest, row-level security, granular audit logs, and network firewall and segregation