Generative AI, MCP, and agentic protocols are reshaping every layer of the API landscape, from how APIs are designed and consumed to how they're governed and secured. The 2026 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for APIs maps the most critical innovations software engineering leaders must act on as AI agents become the dominant class of API consumers.
Research
American Airlines' Senior Principal Architect reveals how a context layer built over 1960s-era systems became the foundation for AI agents in production - on a 90-day cycle. The twin pressures every enterprise is facing, and how AA found a way through.
Webinar
Christian Ernst has spent seven years building the context layer behind Booking.com - the federated graph between the business and every human, app, and agent that needs to reason over it. Hear why governance had to be rebuilt as the platform scaled, how LLM hallucination became the perfect mock-data engine, and why the graph built for Booking's apps turned out to be the graph AI agents needed too.
Webinar
In this hands-on workshop, Apollo GraphQL shows frontend developers how to take an existing web app and wire it up to an AI agent end-to-end.
Hands on Workshop
The MCP Apps spec is a recently launched standard for building interactive applications that live inside AI chat interfaces like ChatGPT and Claude, where users can take real actions without ever leaving the conversation
Developer Community
This workshop is designed for developers who already have a foundation in GraphQL and are ready to explore federated GraphQL. Whether you're evaluating Apollo Federation for your organization or looking to deepen your understanding, you'll leave with a working local environment and the concepts to build on it.
Hands on Workshop
Learn how Wayfair uses Apollo Federation to ship faster, experiment without engineering bottlenecks, and scale developer productivity with AI — across one of the largest federated graphs in production.
Webinar
Join us live to see how to build MCP Apps using Apollo Client and Apollo MCP Server.
Developer Community
Response Caching is live in GraphOS Router now. Join us to see it work end-to-end, walk through a live demo, and ask Apollo engineers your production questions.
Webinar
Software teams adopt GraphQL to accelerate feature delivery and improve developer experience.
Guides
Explore the game-changing insights from Rob Engel, VP of Software Engineering at MLB, as he spills the details on transforming their API game with Apollo GraphQL at the API World 2023 conference.
Blog
Using GraphQL federation as a tool will greatly increase your ability to deliver this digital transformation on time and on budget; as it provides the missing link to decouple the change process of systems modernization, between your clients and internal architecture.
Blog
Unlock microservices potential with Apollo GraphQL. Seamlessly integrate APIs, manage data, and enhance performance. Explore Apollo's innovative solutions.
Blog