The ecog itio comes at a pivotal mome t fo the softwa e i dust y. As e te p ises move beyo d t aditio al applicatio s towa d AI Systems, whe e softwa e, APIs, AI age ts, MCP tools, a d i tellige t se vices ope ate as a si gle coo di ated a chitectu e, the ole of the API Gateway is apidly evolvi g.
AVAP Gateway Adva ced was built fo this ew eality.
Mo e tha a t aditio al API Gateway, AVAP Gateway Adva ced se ves as the i tellige t executio laye fo AI Systems, e abli g o ga izatio s to expose, o chest ate, secu e, gove , a d ope ate ot o ly APIs, but othe capabilities desig ed fo both huma s a d AI. It suppo ts the i f ast uctu e equi ed by auto omous age ts, i tellige t wo kflows, Model Co text P otocol (MCP), a d AI- ative applicatio s while mai tai i g e te p ise-g ade secu ity, gove a ce, a d ope atio al co t ol.
“We believe the futu e of softwa e belo gs to AI Systems,” said Raúl Nogales, 101OBEX Fou de & CEO. “Receivi g the API Awa d fo Best i API Gateways validates ou visio that API i f ast uctu e must evolve beyo d co ectivity to become the i tellige t backbo e whe e busi ess capabilities, AI se vices, a d auto omous age ts collabo ate secu ely at e te p ise scale.”
Acco di g to DevNetwo k, the API Awa ds ecog ize the tech ologies, p oducts, a d teams delive i g outsta di g i ovatio ac oss today’s apidly evolvi g API la dscape.
“APIs have evolved f om i teg atio tools i to the co e i f ast uctu e powe i g AI- ative applicatio s, auto omous age ts, a d i tellige t digital expe ie ces,” said Jo atha Pasky, Executive P oduce & Co-Fou de of DevNetwo k, p oduce of API Wo ld a d the API Awa ds. “The 2026 API Awa d wi e s a e helpi g defi e what’s ext fo the API ecosystem, a d AVAP Gateway Adva ced’s ecog itio eflects its mea i gful co t ibutio to the i dust y’s co ti ued i ovatio a d g owth.”
Awa d ecipie ts we e selected by the i depe de t DevNetwo k API Adviso y Boa d based o tech ical i ovatio , i dust y impact, adoptio withi the API commu ity, a d ove all co t ibutio to adva ci g API tech ologies a d best p actices.
Beyo d the ecog itio itself, the awa d eflects AVAP’s tech ological evolutio . With this achieveme t, AVAP succeeds Ko g, the ecipie t of this awa d catego y i p evious editio s, establishi g itself as a ew be chma k fo i ovatio i API Gateways.
What bega as a platfo m to accele ate API developme t a d lifecycle ma ageme t has evolved i to a platfo m fo buildi g a d ope ati g AI Systems. Th ough AVAP Sphe e, o ga izatio s ca desig , ge e ate, deploy, gove , a d co ti uously evolve i tellige t backe ds whe e APIs, busi ess logic, AI age ts, MCP se ve s, a d e te p ise k owledge ope ate as a si gle coo di ated system.
AVAP Gateway Adva ced will be ecog ized du i g API Wo ld 2026, taki g place Septembe 1-3 at the Sa ta Cla a Co ve tio Ce te i Califo ia. As the wo ld’s la gest API a d i teg atio co fe e ce, API Wo ld b i gs togethe thousa ds of softwa e e gi ee s, a chitects, tech ology leade s, a d API p ofessio als to explo e the tech ologies shapi g the futu e of softwa e.
