No AI Without API: Build AI-Native Applications

Agents are just apps with an intelligence layer. Learn how solid, secure, discoverable APIs and a developer platform enable AI-native workflows—plus demos of Kong Konnect, AI Gateway, Event Gateway, MCP tooling, and Kai.

Agents are just applications with an intelligence layer. This session shows why secure, reliable, discoverable APIs—and a developer platform—are the foundation for AI-native workflows. See live demos of Kong Konnect, AI Gateway, Event Gateway, MCP-enabled dev portals, AI Composer/Runner, and Kai.

What you’ll learn:

- Why “No AI without API” is real: APIs as the limbs of agentic apps

- Building AI-native workflows: MCP-enabled dev portal, API packages, API Ops

- Runtime concerns: LLM access control, latency, governance, observability

- New releases: AI Composer & AI Runner, Kai agent, alerting, Event Gateway GA

- Tooling: Kong Konnect, Kong Gateway, Insomnia MCP testing, OpenMeter metering/billing