Autonomous Integration Mesh '21

As presented at API Conference Berlin 12/10/2021 ,

https://apiconference.net/berlin/

Transcript

1. SUPERFACE.AI
   AUTONOMOUS INTEGRATION MESH
   SELF-INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS
   @ZDNE
   

   Z@SUPERFACE.AI
   TWITTER
   

   EMAIL
   

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2. Core member of Apiary
   
   
   API startup, acquired by Oracle in 2016
   

   Founder of API consulting agency Good API
   
   
   Helps several Fortune 100 companies with their API strategy
   and execution
   

   Founder & CTO of superface.ai
   Zdenek “Z” Nemec
   SUPERFACE.AI
   

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3. SUPERFACE.AI
   TIED UP AI
   THE FUNDAMENTAL FLAW
   NLP WORKS, API CONNECTION DOES NOT
   

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4. SUPERFACE.AI
   API INTEGRATIONS
   HAND MADE & MAINTAINED
   

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5. SUPERFACE.AI
   THIS IS NOT THE
   FUTURE OF AI…
   

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6. SUPERFACE.AI
   HEFTY BURDEN
   MANUAL INTEGRATIONS
   

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7. SUPERFACE.AI
   TIME TO MARKET
   PROHIBITIVE INTEGRATIONS
   ISVs CIOs / IT System Integrators
   No. integrations in 2020 15 20 18
   No. integrations in 2021 > 20 > 20 25
   Average time to build
   integration
   58 days 47 days 28 days
   Peak time to build < 300 days < 260 days < 150 days
   

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8. API CONSUMPTION
   SUPERFACE.AI
   DEPENDENCIES WITHOUT CONTROL
   • Do you have API integrations tests for all the APIs you’re using?
   
   
   • How do you know what vendor APIs you’re using? Which teams are using which
   vendors?
   
   
   • What would happen if a vendor API went down? Could you switch? Would your
   products stop working?
   

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9. SUPERFACE.AI
   APIS = DEVELOPMENT + INTEGRATION
   

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10. SUPERFACE.AI
    EXPERTISE NEEDED
    API LIFECYCLE
    HOW YOU CALL WEBMASTER IN 2021? AN API EXPERT.
    FOR API DEVELOPMENT
    

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11. CENTER FOR ENABLEMENT
    CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
    

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12. SUPERFACE.AI
    THE COST OF API WORKS
    SUPERFACE.AI
    BILLION OF US DOLLARS
    

    1.5 billion USD: cost of Burj Kalifa
    

    55 billion USD: cost of human mission to Mars
    

    100 billion USD: cost of International Space Station
    ESTIMATED COSTS OF API DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN 2020
    100
    x
    109 USD
    Work with APIs in 2020:
    
    
    36% 10–20 hours/week
    
    
    24,6% 20+ hours/week
    

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13. SUPERFACE.AI
    BUT WE HAVE SO MANY API TOOLS
    THEY WILL FIX IT, RIGHT?
    

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14. SUPERFACE.AI
    NO, THEY ALL JUST CURE THE
    SYMPTOMS NOT THE DISEASE
    

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15. API: HUMAN-DRIVEN JSON TRANSMISSION
    SUPERFACE.AI
    

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16. API Machine
    Machine
    PUBLISH MACHINE
    INTERFACE
    PROGRAM
    ANOTHER MACHINE
    TO CONSUME
    INTERFACE
    🙋
    FIND API
    🦸
    DOCUMENT
    INTERFACE FOR
    HUMANS
    👨💼
    OBTAIN / PURCHASE
    ACCESS
    🤷
    UNDERSTAND
    DOCUMENTATION
    👩💻 👨💻
    📱
    Machine Machine
    💊 PAINKILLERS SERVED
    WHAT WE THINK REALITY
    SUPERFACE.AI
    API: MECHANICAL TURKS
    GLUE & TAPE OUR SYSTEMS TOGETHER
    

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17. NO IMPROVEMENT
    
    
    IN API DOCUMENTATION OVER LAST DECADE
    PAIN IN 2011 AS WELL AS IN 2021
    SUPERFACE.AI
    API as deployed API as consumed
    API as documented
    

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18. • Test API speci
    fi
    cation against documentation
    
    
    • Interactive documentation 🤭
    
    
    • SDK generators
    
    
    • Developer portals
    
    
    • API guidelines
    
    
    • Design governance tools Spectral
    WE’VE BUILT TOOLS
    SUPERFACE.AI
    

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19. TOOLS, MORE TOOLS
    SUPERFACE.AI
    

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20. SUPERFACE.AI
    • Enable Alexa & Siri to connect autonomously
    
    
    • Drive down the time needed to integrations
    
    
    • Reduce the complexity of API development
    ALL THESE TOOLS WILL NOT:
    

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21. SUPERFACE.AI
    WE SERVE PAINKILLERS, NOT THE SOLUTION
    

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22. LEVEL UP!
    HIGHER LEVEL
    BUSINESS-LEVEL ABSTRACTION ON TOP OF APIS
    

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23. AUTONOMOUS APIS
    SUPERFACE.AI
    

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24. SELF-INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS
    "Emerging technology that will
    signi
    fi
    cantly a
    ff
    ect business and
    society over the next two to 10
    years.”
    Self-integrating
    applications
    

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25. AUTONOMOUS INTEGRATION
    APPLICATIONS INTEGRATING WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION
    SUPERFACE.AI
    DISCOVER
    

    Self-navigate in API landscapes
    
    
    CONTRACT
    

    Acquire access, purchase if needed
    
    
    CONNECT
    

    Figure out technicalities of the API connection
    
    
    MAINTAIN
    

    Resilient, self-healing, fail-over
    

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26. SUPERFACE.AI
    ARCHITECTURE
    Registry
    Provider API
    Client runtime
    Direct API Call
    Provider API
    Provider API
    Get APIs that can tell “vehicle lock
    status” for car make
    Credentials & instructions
    
    
    how to connect
    NO PROXY
    

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27. SUPERFACE.AI
    CONCEPT
    UNIVERSAL CLIENT
    

    Client library that works with any API
    
    
    Think: Web browsers work with any web
    RUNTIME UNDERSTANDING
    

    Metadata about API shared and utilized at the
    runtime
    
    
    Think: You don’t memorize the purchase
    process at amazon.com
    INTEGRATE USE-CASE, NOT API
    

    Client programmed declaratively for
    application semantics, not API
    

    

    Think: “Send SMS” not “POST /messages”
    OPEN DISCOVERY
    

    DNS-like mesh of registries for runtime landscape
    discovery
    

    

    Think: You navigate web through Google (registry)
    and links
    Autonomous Integration
    DEVELOPMENT RUNTIME
    

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28. SUPERFACE.AI
    

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29. Declarative description of how to map use-case
    call to an actual API call for given API provider
    Comlink map
    Comlink pro
    fi
    le
    Description of the capability – use case e.g.
    “Send SMS”. It does not include any information
    about API
    RUNTIME METADATA
    

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30. SUPERFACE.AI
    INTERNAL LANDSCAPE
    Registry
    Inventory API
    Client runtime
    Inventory service?
    Credentials & instructions
    
    
    how to connect
    Direct API Call
    AUTONOMOUS INTEGRATION MESH
    INTERNAL EXTERNAL
    Inventory API
    

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31. SUPERFACE.AI
    EXTERNAL LANDSCAPE
    Registry
    Inventory API
    Client runtime
    SMS service?
    Credentials & instructions
    
    
    how to connect
    Registry
    SMS API
    SMS API
    SMS API
    Registry
    Direct API Call
    INTERNAL EXTERNAL
    AUTONOMOUS INTEGRATION MESH
    

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32. SUPERFACE.AI
    FAILOVER 🔥
    Registry
    Inventory Service A
    Client runtime
    Inventory service?
    Inventory Service B
    

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33. SUPERFACE.AI
    NAVIGATION IN UNKNOWN LANDSCAPE
    Registry
    Client runtime
    CASE STUDY: AIRBUS
    Q: WHAT IS THE MANUFACTURING STATUS FOR MSN 1234?
    CRM systems
    Design systems
    HR systems
    Procurement systems
    Inventory
    PLM systems
    

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34. SUPERFACE.AI
    REMOTE INTEGRATION CONTROL
    MONITOR AND CONTROL YOUR DEPENDENCIES WITHOUT CHANGING CODE
    Registry
    Provider API
    Client runtime
    Provider API
    Provider API
    Remote control
    • Insights into consumption
    
    
    • Control of the parameters
    
    
    • Control of the used vendors
    
    
    • Business rules
    

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35. SUPERFACE.AI
    YOUR APP CAN SELF-INTEGRATE
    NO NEED FOR CUSTOM CODE OR INTEGRATION PLATFORM / IPAAS
    Your App
    Provider API
    Provider API
    Autonomous Integration Mesh
    Autonomous Integration Mesh
    Your App
    Integration platform / iPaaS
    

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36. SUPERFACE.AI
    IMPACT: API PROVIDERS
    NO BARRIERS TO PROVIDE CAPABILITIES
    DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY, MARKETING, API ECONOMY
    minimal codebase · independent evolution · minimal
    documentation · any API design · minimal costs and time to
    publish · no SEO · more users · API economy · solved
    microservices realtime communication · democratized markets
    

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37. SUPERFACE.AI
    IMPACT: API CONSUMERS
    FORGET INTEGRATIONS
    DISCOVER, CONTRACT, CONNECT, MAINTAIN IN NO TIME
    instant connection · minimal costs · minimal codebase · zero
    maintenance · maximum resiliency · full redundancy · runtime
    vendor switching · complete privacy · no added latency · no API
    documentation · easy discovery · best DX · machine trading ·
    democratized markets
    

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38. SUPERFACE.AI
    THANK YOU!
    LET’S GET IN TOUCH
    
    
    I’d like to know what you think!
    
    
    SUPERFACE.AI
    
    
    Available today
    @ZDNE
    

    Z@SUPERFACE.AI
    TWITTER
    

    EMAIL
    

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