AI & the state of APIs in 2025
summary
Survey data shows 91% of organizations use or plan to use APIs, the API management market hits $4.4 billion in 2025, and 78% already run API management for business‑critical work. External AI APIs (OpenAI and others) drive adoption: 71% consume third‑party APIs and a Gartner prediction claims 30% of API traffic will come from AI agents. Token‑aware AI/LLM gateways, MCP context protocols (Solo, Kong, Gravity, Lasso listed) are proposed fixes; practical steps include machine‑readable specs, strict schema validation, token budgets and lifecycle governance.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00AI and APIs intro
- 1:11API state in 2025
- 3:38AI-API symbiosis
- 4:40AI impact on API use
- 7:26AI agents as consumers
- 10:37AI for API management
- 13:47MCP and new protocols
- 18:40API strategies for AI
- 20:08Q&A
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