Changelog

What's new.

All notable changes to the Ambect API and platform, newest first.

v1.3.0BatchJune 2026
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POST /v1/normalize/batch — normalize up to 100 entities in a single request

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Batch requests are supported across all five entity types: company, address, phone, email, and identifier

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Per-item partial success — each item returns its own result or error, and the request succeeds even when some items fail

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Response summary with per-batch counts: total, succeeded, and failed

v1.2.0SecurityJune 2026
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Mandatory email OTP 2FA — all accounts now require a 6-digit one-time code on every login

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TOTP authenticator app support — enroll Google Authenticator, Authy, or any TOTP app for stronger 2FA

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Greek → Latin transliteration tool — supports Greece (GR) and Cyprus (CY)

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Hebrew → Latin transliteration tool — consonantal skeleton output for Israeli company names

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Japanese katakana → Romaji conversion tool — works best with katakana brand names

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Arabic transliteration — ا, إ, ء, ع, ة, ى, ئ, ؤ now correctly convert to Latin characters instead of passing through unchanged

v1.1.0PlatformJune 2026
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Cyrillic → Latin transliteration tool — supports Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Serbian company names

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Arabic → Latin transliteration tool — supports UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Morocco

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Chinese → Pinyin romanization tool — supports Simplified and Traditional Chinese

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Interactive tool widget — paste a company name, select a country, get the canonical form in real time

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Legal-suffix glossary — 453 suffix entries across 100+ countries, each with a dedicated page

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Legal-suffix comparison pages — side-by-side breakdowns for GmbH vs AG, LLC vs Corp, S.A. vs SRL, and more

v1.0.0LaunchMay 2026
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POST /v1/normalize/company — multi-stage company name normalization pipeline

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Transliteration support for Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, and Greek scripts

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3,000+ synonym mappings across 100+ countries

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250+ acronym expansion entries

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850+ stop word mappings across 80+ countries

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Country-aware legal form normalization (LLC, GmbH, S.A., 株式会社, and more)

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POST /v1/normalize/address — global address normalization via libpostal across 100+ countries

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Structured address output: house_number, street, unit, city, region, postal_code, country

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Postal code format validation for 60+ countries; street and region abbreviation expansion

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Optional geocoding via Google Maps API — returns lat/lng and place_id (Growth and Business plans)

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POST /v1/normalize/phone — phone number normalization to E.164, national, and international formats

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Line type classification: MOBILE, FIXED_LINE, TOLL_FREE, VOIP, and more

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POST /v1/normalize/email — email address normalization with disposable domain detection

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POST /v1/normalize/identifier — business identifier normalization and validation

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Identifier types: US SSN, US EIN, EU VAT (27 country prefixes), US SIC code, stock ticker

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Confidence scoring and per-request stages_fired observability on all endpoints

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