The year ahead for GraphQL Federation: Combining APIs for the AI era.
summary
Apollo argues that GraphQL Federation becomes the AI orchestration layer by combining an Apollo query planner with an LLM-driven text-to-query front end and schema embeddings stored in a vector DB. Large federated graphs (GitHub example >800 types) let the planner sequence parallel fetches, enforce scopes, and defer slow fields while the LLM generates valid queries; demos against GitHub and Yelp run and return correct results, enabling read-then-write progression toward trusted AI-driven transactions.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00GraphQL Federation intro
- 1:50AI needs API strategy
- 3:37AI orchestration for APIs
- 5:23GraphQL Federation for AI
- 8:35Demo: text-to-query with GitHub
- 10:43AI query architecture
- 13:38Future of AI customer experiences
- 14:45AI integration roadmap
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