The API Landscape
summary
Annual report analyzes 1,000 companies and a live API landscape of about 1,100 tools, valuing the ecosystem at roughly $174 billion. API management shows ~27% CAGR while companies with B2B APIs report ~60–66% higher revenue and ~38% higher net income. Industry-specific APIs (banking, healthcare, insurance) and ~400 payment/telecom products emerge, open source gains ground, and API security becomes its own market with ~$300M+ raised for next‑gen API security offerings.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00API landscape intro
- 1:50API strategy advice
- 3:34APIs hide complexity
- 5:20Embedded vs open APIs
- 6:44API design reuse
- 9:32API business models
- 13:24API industry overview
- 15:08API management commoditization
- 16:32Regulations driving APIs
- 18:56API security market
- 20:22APIs as business infra
- 22:27Low-code trend
- 23:52API trends summary
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