The API is interesting but what I really want is to understand the algorithms. Clean, clear reference code in multiple languages with good explanations would be hugely helpful. Is that part of the plan?
A non-academic community based around discovery, discussion and implementation of algorithms would be an interesting place to hang around. A MVP would be, basically, a discussion forum with an index of github repos for the implementations, but there are other values to be added on top.
Good luck. I'll be paying attention to what becomes of your project.