Agentic AI and MCP dominated Platform Summit 2025

This year's Platform Summit was a huge success!

Well, we pulled it off yet again. Last week Nordic APIs held its flagship event in Stockholm,  Platform Summit. I thought the conference was phenomenal, thank you for another fantastic Summit everyone who participated!

The event was well-attended (our best attendance since the pre-pandemic era). It also felt reinvigorated, with many new motivations and areas to discuss. Of course, AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) stole the show.



Some of my key takeaways:

More AI = more APIs: The heightened focus on making AI agents actionable means more core API use.

MCP growth: MCP has gained incredible mindshare, but we'll have to see more proven use cases and value. What will next year bring for the universal AI connector? 

Securing AI: Agentic API consumption requires better authorization, just-in-time access scoping, and governance, all rooted in standards.

Design and business fundamentals: Technical shifts are occurring (like Arazzo specification, TypeSpec, and new AI gateways). We're also seeing new monetization strategies emerge for AI.

I had a blast MC'ing the whole event for the first time. Thank you to Ioana for snagging these great pictures of my keynote, panel discussions, and the unconference.

Platform Summit dates are announced at the same venue for Oct 12-14, 2026 — more info to come soon...