diff --git a/src/_array_api_conf.py b/src/_array_api_conf.py
index e183082ec..539b55465 100644
--- a/src/_array_api_conf.py
+++ b/src/_array_api_conf.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     ('py:obj', "typing.Union[int, float, typing.Literal[inf, - inf]]"),
     ('py:class', 'enum.Enum'),
     ('py:class', 'ellipsis'),
+    ("py:class", "ArrayAPINamespace"),
 ]
 nitpick_ignore_regex = [
     ('py:class', '.*array'),
diff --git a/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/_namespace.py b/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/_namespace.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d68780b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/_namespace.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+__all__ = ["ArrayAPINamespace"]
+
+from typing import Protocol
+
+from .creation_functions import arange as ArangeCallable
+
+
+class ArrayAPINamespace(Protocol):
+    """Protocol for the array API namespace itself."""
+
+    arange: ArangeCallable
diff --git a/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/array_object.py b/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/array_object.py
index cf6adcf3c..cba6d2f98 100644
--- a/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/array_object.py
+++ b/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/array_object.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from ._types import (
     array,
     dtype as Dtype,
@@ -13,6 +15,9 @@
     ellipsis,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ._namespace import ArrayAPINamespace
+
 
 class _array:
     def __init__(self: array) -> None:
@@ -195,7 +200,7 @@ def __and__(self: array, other: Union[int, bool, array], /) -> array:
 
     def __array_namespace__(
         self: array, /, *, api_version: Optional[str] = None
-    ) -> Any:
+    ) -> ArrayAPINamespace:
         """
         Returns an object that has all the array API functions on it.
 
diff --git a/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/creation_functions.py b/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/creation_functions.py
index 42d6f9420..ee629142f 100644
--- a/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/creation_functions.py
+++ b/src/array_api_stubs/_draft/creation_functions.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from typing import Protocol
 from ._types import (
     List,
     NestedSequence,
@@ -11,15 +12,7 @@
 )
 
 
-def arange(
-    start: Union[int, float],
-    /,
-    stop: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
-    step: Union[int, float] = 1,
-    *,
-    dtype: Optional[dtype] = None,
-    device: Optional[device] = None,
-) -> array:
+class arange(Protocol):
     """
     Returns evenly spaced values within the half-open interval ``[start, stop)`` as a one-dimensional array.
 
@@ -46,6 +39,18 @@ def arange(
         a one-dimensional array containing evenly spaced values. The length of the output array must be ``ceil((stop-start)/step)`` if ``stop - start`` and ``step`` have the same sign, and length ``0`` otherwise.
     """
 
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        start: Union[int, float],
+        /,
+        stop: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
+        step: Union[int, float] = 1,
+        *,
+        dtype: Optional[dtype] = None,
+        device: Optional[device] = None,
+    ) -> array:
+        ...
+
 
 def asarray(
     obj: Union[