API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025

API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025

12:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (API): No-Code, No-Training, Just Connect: How Adaptive Agents Redefine AI Automation with APIs

Wednesday September 3, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Saldin Samuel, Haiva, Co-Founder

Building AI agents has traditionally required model training, infrastructure setup, and complex orchestration. What if AI agents could just connect to your APIs and start working? This session introduces Adaptive Agents, a new class of no-code, real-time agents that plug into your existing API infrastructure—instantly automating workflows without moving data. Whether you're building SaaS tools, B2B platforms, or AI-first products, this talk will show how to use Adaptive Agents to build scalable, multilingual, and intelligent experiences in minutes.

Speakers

Saldin Samuel

Co-Founder, haiva.ai

Saldin Samuel is the Founder and CEO of Haiva.ai, and the visionary behind Adaptive Agents—a transformative AI architecture that enables automation by connecting directly to APIs and databases without data movement, model tuning, or code. A recognized thought leader in the AI and... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Additional Topics AI/ML
Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks APIs and AI (API World), API World, API Program and Developer Relations (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (API): API Security for the AI Era: Detecting and Preventing Adversarial Manipulation

Wednesday September 3, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

David vonThenen, NetApp, AI/ML Engineer

In a digital landscape dominated by APIs and AI, security threats from adversarial manipulation have become critical risks. This session explores the intersection of APIs, AI security, and adversarial attacks. We'll dissect how adversaries manipulate APIs feeding data to machine learning models—by injecting noise, crafting misleading inputs, and exploiting data obfuscation techniques—to compromise model integrity and security. Attendees will gain insights into real-world adversarial scenarios, learn practical defensive techniques, and understand the implications for privacy, model fairness, and data reliability.

The session will provide practical examples and live demonstrations showcasing how adversarial strategies can exploit API vulnerabilities to undermine AI models. We'll examine defensive frameworks and best practices for securing APIs against adversarial attacks, ensuring data integrity, maintaining privacy compliance, and reinforcing ethical AI usage. By the end, attendees will be equipped with strategies for hardening their AI-driven APIs, proactively identifying vulnerabilities, and deploying robust security measures to mitigate adversarial threats.

Speakers

David vonThenen

Senior AI/ML Engineer, NetApp

David is a Senior AI/ML Engineer at NetApp, where he’s dedicated to empowering developers to build, scale, and deploy AI/ML models in production. He brings deep expertise in building and training models for applications like NLP, data visualization, and real-time analytics. His... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Security (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (API): Fight or Flight: Your API Strategy for Agentic AI and MCP in 2025

Wednesday September 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Brenton House, IBM, Principal Cybersecurity

In the fast-moving world of AI and APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP) is set to redefine how we integrate with AI systems. This is especially true for agentic AI, which relies on autonomous interactions with APIs to make decisions and take actions.

But with great power comes great responsibility. APIs, long the unsung hero behind AI's rise, now face unprecedented demands for security, scalability, and adaptability. Don't miss this special session with Brenton House where he presents a practical API survival guide for 2025, packed with MCP updates and actionable strategies to keep your API and AI initiatives ahead of the curve.

Speakers

Brenton House

Principal Cybersecurity, IBM

Brenton House is an ex-hacker, developer, strategist, and now Principal Cybersecurity and AI Advisor for IBM webMethods. Known for his unique creative work and YouTube channel, Brenton has produced several hit series including The Redacted Hacker, AI: Man vs. Machine, and API Cybersecurity... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks API World, API Security (API World), APIs and AI (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PDT

OpenAPI Summit: The AI-Powered API Stack: Automating API Development, Testing, and Documentation with GenAI

Thursday September 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Manasa Hari, Adobe, SDE III

Why build APIs manually when AI can accelerate the entire lifecycle? This talk showcases how GenAI can automate endpoint design, test case generation, mocking, and live documentation. From generating OpenAPI specs using natural language to producing Postman collections and unit tests with GPT, we’ll cover practical examples that save engineering hours. This session is a must for DevEx, platform teams, and toolchain builders looking to unlock speed and consistency with AI-assisted APIs.

Speakers

Manasa Hari

SDE III, Adobe

Manasa Hari is a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) with 12 years of experience in designing and scaling cloud-native systems. Currently at Adobe, she has also held key roles at Splunk, Selector AI, Taulia, and RingCentral. Known for her expertise in Kubernetes, event-driven... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, OpenAPI Summit, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: Building APIs for the AI Era: Why OpenAPI is Non-Negotiable

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Shireen Nagdive, Salesforce, Senior Software Engineer

AI agents are transforming how we interact with APIs, but most APIs aren’t built with AI in mind. Without a clear, machine-readable contract, AI agents struggle to discover, understand, and interact with APIs effectively. OpenAPI Specification (OAS) changes the game by enabling automation, adaptability, and seamless integration. This talk breaks down why OpenAPI is critical for the AI era and shows an AI agent in action, consuming an OpenAPI-defined API in real time. After attending this session, attendees will get a clear understanding of why OpenAPI is essential in the AI-driven API world and see an AI agent in action.

Key Takeaways:
1) Why OpenAPI Matters for AI Agents – Understand how OpenAPI enables AI agents to dynamically discover and consume APIs.

2) Demo: AI + OpenAPI in Action – Watch an AI agent interact with an OpenAPI-defined API in real time.

Speakers

Shireen Nagdive

Senior Software Engineer, Salesforce

Shireen is a Senior Software Engineer on the Enterprise API team, which currently serves half of all API traffic for the Salesforce.com ecosystem, processing billions of transactions and over a trillion records monthly, across 30+ versions of API endpoints and formats. She builds... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:30pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: Build AI-Ready APIs with MCP

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Emmanuel Paraskakis, Level 250, Founder

Model Context Protocol (MCP) has become a key topic among API providers and consumers. MCP lets AI agents and Large Language Models (LLMs) access APIs, introducing a new category of consumers for API providers. It presents significant opportunities for those who adopt it. In this session, we’ll explore what API Providers need to know about MCP and how to incorporate it into their roadmaps:
• Recognize MCP’s Importance for API Providers
Identify how Model Context Protocol enhances API integration with Agents & LLMs.

• Analyze the Current State of MCP
Examine the latest developments and applications of MCP in the industry.

• Generate an MCP Server from OpenAPI Specs
Learn to create an MCP server using your existing OpenAPI specifications.

• Incorporate MCP into Your API Roadmap
Define steps to integrate MCP into your API development plans.

Speakers

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Founder, Level 250

I’m Emmanuel Paraskakis, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 (an OpenAPI member company), with over 15 years of experience shaping API products. I currently teach on Maven and conduct in-person workshops for my customers.I’ve led large API... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: AI‑Powered APIs and API‑Enabled AI: A Symbiotic Evolution Driving Mutual Innovation

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Neelesh Pateriya, Cisco, Principal Engineer

APIs and AI are no longer separate domains—they’re co‑evolving in a symbiotic relationship that accelerates innovation on both sides. This session uncovers how AI enhances API design, documentation, and developer workflows, while APIs extend AI’s reach into real‑world data, actions, and operational systems.

AI‑Powered APIs:
Developers face rising complexity in discovering, understanding, and implementing APIs. AI can transform this experience by powering intent‑based search and summarization in API documentation, suggesting improvements to OpenAPI schemas (from descriptions and examples to issue detection and guideline‑compliant fixes), and generating production‑ready integration code via natural language prompts in environments like VSCode Copilot.

API‑Enabled AI:
AI systems often struggle to access live, domain‑specific data or act autonomously beyond static model outputs. By exposing data and services through APIs—standardized and secured via protocols like MCP—AI can tap into real‑time sources, enrich its context, and execute complex, multi‑step workflows. MCP‑powered platforms (e.g., Cursor, VSCode Copilot) are already demonstrating how AI agents can both recommend and perform tasks seamlessly.

Speakers

Neelesh Pateriya

Principal Engineer, Cisco

Neelesh is a Principal Engineer at the Cisco Developers platform. With a strong focus on driving innovation and excellence, he leads the development of the platform and the tool "API Insights," which plays a pivotal role in enabling a comprehensive organization-wide API Quality program... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PDT

PRO Session (API): Supporting AI-First MCP in an API-First World.

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Amey Desai, Nexla, Head of Artificial Intelligence

At Nexla, we recently implemented native support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) as part of our agentic AI framework. This included exposing Data Products as an MCP Server, orchestration across MCP servers and LLMs, and mixing MCP with non-MCP (re)sources and tools. While Nexla is used to build agentic systems, it’s been used a lot longer as an iPaaS to create, integrate, and proxy APIs – and for data integration.

Join us as we walk through our lessons learned and biggest challenges in using AI-First MCP, and mixing it with a non-MCP, API-First world. Topics include:
Current strengths and weaknesses of MCP vs other standards
Nexla’s MCP server architecture, and how it supports different APIs and other sources
AI-driven orchestration of MCP and non-MCP sources
How to manage security with MCP, one of the biggest challenges with MCP today

We'll share practical examples of this architecture in action, covering implementation patterns, agent coordination strategies, and a leave behind or follow along developer kit for the developers in the audience.

Speakers

Amey Desai

Head of Artificial Intelligence, Nexla

Amey Desai is an experienced engineering leader and AI expert specializing in data platforms, generative AI, and enterprise-grade integration solutions. He is currently the Head of AI at Nexla, where he spearheads the development of AI-driven innovations in data management, deep-research... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), Testing / Deploying & Monitoring APIs and Services (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:30pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: AI, APIs, and the Path to AI-Readiness: Structuring the AI Supply Chain for Enterprise Adoption

Thursday September 4, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Budhaditya Bhattacharya, Tyk, Director of Product Ecosystems

AI is changing the game, but without a solid foundation, it can quickly become a house of cards. Effective AI governance isn’t just about ticking boxes; it’s about building a structured AI supply chain that ensures everything stays reliable, accountable, and efficient. In this session, we’ll break down the four key components – vendors, interfaces, data, and tooling – and explain how they are pivotal in making your AI systems work smoothly.

What to expect
1. Learn how to structure an AI supply chain for flexibility, security, and scale
2. Get to grips with LLM APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP), key players in AI interoperability
3. Weigh the benefits of structured toolchains vs. AI operators – because one approach won’t work for everyone
4. Understand how APIs serve as the transport layer for knowledge and decision-making in AI systems

Speakers

Budhaditya Bhattacharya

Director of Product Ecosystems, Tyk

Budha is the director of product ecosystems at Tyk, where he leads product education, ecosystem expansion, and adoption of open standards. He is the co-creator of the API platform maturity model, course instructor, conference speaker, and host of Tyk's annual LEAP conferences.As the... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PDT

PRO Session (API): FLEX APIs: Experience-Driven Design for an AI-Powered Future

Friday September 5, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Chris Hood, PolyAPI, CMO

APIs weren’t built for humans. But experiences are. In this keynote, Chris Hood challenges traditional API design models and introduces experience-based API design. This approach begins with user intent and adapts to how people and machines interact with systems today. Learn why naming conventions matter, how AI is changing who consumes APIs, and how the FLEX design model enables dynamic, on-demand APIs that respond to consumer intent and context. These adaptable interfaces do more than support the customer journey, they evolve with it.

Speakers

Chris Hood

CMO, PolyAPI

Chris Hood is a strategist, author, and keynote speaker who has become a pivotal thought leader in customer success, APIs, and digital strategy. With over 35 years of experience, he has helped organizations align technology with business goals. Chris built his first API platform in... Read More →

Friday September 5, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (API): No-Code, No-Training, Just Connect: How Adaptive Agents Redefine AI Automation with APIs

Wednesday September 10, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Saldin Samuel, Haiva, Co-Founder

Building AI agents has traditionally required model training, infrastructure setup, and complex orchestration. What if AI agents could just connect to your APIs and start working? This session introduces Adaptive Agents, a new class of no-code, real-time agents that plug into your existing API infrastructure—instantly automating workflows without moving data. Whether you're building SaaS tools, B2B platforms, or AI-first products, this talk will show how to use Adaptive Agents to build scalable, multilingual, and intelligent experiences in minutes.

Speakers

Saldin Samuel

Co-Founder, haiva.ai

Saldin Samuel is the Founder and CEO of Haiva.ai, and the visionary behind Adaptive Agents—a transformative AI architecture that enables automation by connecting directly to APIs and databases without data movement, model tuning, or code. A recognized thought leader in the AI and... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Additional Topics AI/ML
Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks APIs and AI (API World), API World, API Program and Developer Relations (API World), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (API): API Security for the AI Era: Detecting and Preventing Adversarial Manipulation

Wednesday September 10, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

David vonThenen, NetApp, AI/ML Engineer

In a digital landscape dominated by APIs and AI, security threats from adversarial manipulation have become critical risks. This session explores the intersection of APIs, AI security, and adversarial attacks. We'll dissect how adversaries manipulate APIs feeding data to machine learning models—by injecting noise, crafting misleading inputs, and exploiting data obfuscation techniques—to compromise model integrity and security. Attendees will gain insights into real-world adversarial scenarios, learn practical defensive techniques, and understand the implications for privacy, model fairness, and data reliability.

The session will provide practical examples and live demonstrations showcasing how adversarial strategies can exploit API vulnerabilities to undermine AI models. We'll examine defensive frameworks and best practices for securing APIs against adversarial attacks, ensuring data integrity, maintaining privacy compliance, and reinforcing ethical AI usage. By the end, attendees will be equipped with strategies for hardening their AI-driven APIs, proactively identifying vulnerabilities, and deploying robust security measures to mitigate adversarial threats.

Speakers

David vonThenen

Senior AI/ML Engineer, NetApp

David is a Senior AI/ML Engineer at NetApp, where he’s dedicated to empowering developers to build, scale, and deploy AI/ML models in production. He brings deep expertise in building and training models for applications like NLP, data visualization, and real-time analytics. His... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Security (API World), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

12:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (API): Fight or Flight: Your API Strategy for Agentic AI and MCP in 2025

Wednesday September 10, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Brenton House, IBM, Principal Cybersecurity

In the fast-moving world of AI and APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP) is set to redefine how we integrate with AI systems. This is especially true for agentic AI, which relies on autonomous interactions with APIs to make decisions and take actions.

But with great power comes great responsibility. APIs, long the unsung hero behind AI's rise, now face unprecedented demands for security, scalability, and adaptability. Don't miss this special session with Brenton House where he presents a practical API survival guide for 2025, packed with MCP updates and actionable strategies to keep your API and AI initiatives ahead of the curve.

Speakers

Brenton House

Principal Cybersecurity, IBM

Brenton House is an ex-hacker, developer, strategist, and now Principal Cybersecurity and AI Advisor for IBM webMethods. Known for his unique creative work and YouTube channel, Brenton has produced several hit series including The Redacted Hacker, AI: Man vs. Machine, and API Cybersecurity... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks API World, API Security (API World), APIs and AI (API World), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: The AI-Powered API Stack: Automating API Development, Testing, and Documentation with GenAI

Thursday September 11, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Manasa Hari, Adobe, SDE III

Why build APIs manually when AI can accelerate the entire lifecycle? This talk showcases how GenAI can automate endpoint design, test case generation, mocking, and live documentation. From generating OpenAPI specs using natural language to producing Postman collections and unit tests with GPT, we’ll cover practical examples that save engineering hours. This session is a must for DevEx, platform teams, and toolchain builders looking to unlock speed and consistency with AI-assisted APIs.

Speakers

Manasa Hari

SDE III, Adobe

Manasa Hari is a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) with 12 years of experience in designing and scaling cloud-native systems. Currently at Adobe, she has also held key roles at Splunk, Selector AI, Taulia, and RingCentral. Known for her expertise in Kubernetes, event-driven... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, OpenAPI Summit, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:00pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: Building APIs for the AI Era: Why OpenAPI is Non-Negotiable

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Shireen Nagdive, Salesforce, Senior Software Engineer

AI agents are transforming how we interact with APIs, but most APIs aren’t built with AI in mind. Without a clear, machine-readable contract, AI agents struggle to discover, understand, and interact with APIs effectively. OpenAPI Specification (OAS) changes the game by enabling automation, adaptability, and seamless integration. This talk breaks down why OpenAPI is critical for the AI era and shows an AI agent in action, consuming an OpenAPI-defined API in real time. After attending this session, attendees will get a clear understanding of why OpenAPI is essential in the AI-driven API world and see an AI agent in action.

Key Takeaways:
1) Why OpenAPI Matters for AI Agents – Understand how OpenAPI enables AI agents to dynamically discover and consume APIs.

2) Demo: AI + OpenAPI in Action – Watch an AI agent interact with an OpenAPI-defined API in real time.

Speakers

Shireen Nagdive

Senior Software Engineer, Salesforce

Shireen is a Senior Software Engineer on the Enterprise API team, which currently serves half of all API traffic for the Salesforce.com ecosystem, processing billions of transactions and over a trillion records monthly, across 30+ versions of API endpoints and formats. She builds... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), Virtual, OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:30pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: Build AI-Ready APIs with MCP

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Emmanuel Paraskakis, Level 250, Founder

Model Context Protocol (MCP) has become a key topic among API providers and consumers. MCP lets AI agents and Large Language Models (LLMs) access APIs, introducing a new category of consumers for API providers. It presents significant opportunities for those who adopt it. In this session, we’ll explore what API Providers need to know about MCP and how to incorporate it into their roadmaps:
• Recognize MCP’s Importance for API Providers
Identify how Model Context Protocol enhances API integration with Agents & LLMs.

• Analyze the Current State of MCP
Examine the latest developments and applications of MCP in the industry.

• Generate an MCP Server from OpenAPI Specs
Learn to create an MCP server using your existing OpenAPI specifications.

• Incorporate MCP into Your API Roadmap
Define steps to integrate MCP into your API development plans.

Speakers

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Founder, Level 250

I’m Emmanuel Paraskakis, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 (an OpenAPI member company), with over 15 years of experience shaping API products. I currently teach on Maven and conduct in-person workshops for my customers.I’ve led large API... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), Virtual, OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:30pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: AI‑Powered APIs and API‑Enabled AI: A Symbiotic Evolution Driving Mutual Innovation

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Neelesh Pateriya, Cisco, Principal Engineer

APIs and AI are no longer separate domains—they’re co‑evolving in a symbiotic relationship that accelerates innovation on both sides. This session uncovers how AI enhances API design, documentation, and developer workflows, while APIs extend AI’s reach into real‑world data, actions, and operational systems.

AI‑Powered APIs:
Developers face rising complexity in discovering, understanding, and implementing APIs. AI can transform this experience by powering intent‑based search and summarization in API documentation, suggesting improvements to OpenAPI schemas (from descriptions and examples to issue detection and guideline‑compliant fixes), and generating production‑ready integration code via natural language prompts in environments like VSCode Copilot.

API‑Enabled AI:
AI systems often struggle to access live, domain‑specific data or act autonomously beyond static model outputs. By exposing data and services through APIs—standardized and secured via protocols like MCP—AI can tap into real‑time sources, enrich its context, and execute complex, multi‑step workflows. MCP‑powered platforms (e.g., Cursor, VSCode Copilot) are already demonstrating how AI agents can both recommend and perform tasks seamlessly.

Speakers

Neelesh Pateriya

Principal Engineer, Cisco

Neelesh is a Principal Engineer at the Cisco Developers platform. With a strong focus on driving innovation and excellence, he leads the development of the platform and the tool "API Insights," which plays a pivotal role in enabling a comprehensive organization-wide API Quality program... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), Virtual, OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:30pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (API): Supporting AI-First MCP in an API-First World.

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Amey Desai, Nexla, Head of Artificial Intelligence

At Nexla, we recently implemented native support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) as part of our agentic AI framework. This included exposing Data Products as an MCP Server, orchestration across MCP servers and LLMs, and mixing MCP with non-MCP (re)sources and tools. While Nexla is used to build agentic systems, it’s been used a lot longer as an iPaaS to create, integrate, and proxy APIs – and for data integration.

Join us as we walk through our lessons learned and biggest challenges in using AI-First MCP, and mixing it with a non-MCP, API-First world. Topics include:
Current strengths and weaknesses of MCP vs other standards
Nexla’s MCP server architecture, and how it supports different APIs and other sources
AI-driven orchestration of MCP and non-MCP sources
How to manage security with MCP, one of the biggest challenges with MCP today

We'll share practical examples of this architecture in action, covering implementation patterns, agent coordination strategies, and a leave behind or follow along developer kit for the developers in the audience.

Speakers

Amey Desai

Head of Artificial Intelligence, Nexla

Amey Desai is an experienced engineering leader and AI expert specializing in data platforms, generative AI, and enterprise-grade integration solutions. He is currently the Head of AI at Nexla, where he spearheads the development of AI-driven innovations in data management, deep-research... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), Testing / Deploying & Monitoring APIs and Services (API World), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

3:30pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: AI, APIs, and the Path to AI-Readiness: Structuring the AI Supply Chain for Enterprise Adoption

Thursday September 11, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Budhaditya Bhattacharya, Tyk, Director of Product Ecosystems

AI is changing the game, but without a solid foundation, it can quickly become a house of cards. Effective AI governance isn’t just about ticking boxes; it’s about building a structured AI supply chain that ensures everything stays reliable, accountable, and efficient. In this session, we’ll break down the four key components – vendors, interfaces, data, and tooling – and explain how they are pivotal in making your AI systems work smoothly.

What to expect
1. Learn how to structure an AI supply chain for flexibility, security, and scale
2. Get to grips with LLM APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP), key players in AI interoperability
3. Weigh the benefits of structured toolchains vs. AI operators – because one approach won’t work for everyone
4. Understand how APIs serve as the transport layer for knowledge and decision-making in AI systems

Speakers

Budhaditya Bhattacharya

Director of Product Ecosystems, Tyk

Budha is the director of product ecosystems at Tyk, where he leads product education, ecosystem expansion, and adoption of open standards. He is the co-creator of the API platform maturity model, course instructor, conference speaker, and host of Tyk's annual LEAP conferences.As the... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (API): FLEX APIs: Experience-Driven Design for an AI-Powered Future

Friday September 12, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Chris Hood, PolyAPI, CMO

APIs weren’t built for humans. But experiences are. In this keynote, Chris Hood challenges traditional API design models and introduces experience-based API design. This approach begins with user intent and adapts to how people and machines interact with systems today. Learn why naming conventions matter, how AI is changing who consumes APIs, and how the FLEX design model enables dynamic, on-demand APIs that respond to consumer intent and context. These adaptable interfaces do more than support the customer journey, they evolve with it.

Speakers

Chris Hood

CMO, PolyAPI

Chris Hood is a strategist, author, and keynote speaker who has become a pivotal thought leader in customer success, APIs, and digital strategy. With over 35 years of experience, he has helped organizations align technology with business goals. Chris built his first API platform in... Read More →

Friday September 12, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual