156. Samuel Kaluvuri. The World Of APIs In The AI Era.

APIs are one of the most fundamental building blocks of modern software. They’re how products talk to each other, how teams move fast, and how developers avoid reinventing the wheel every time they ship something new. For years, APIs have been the quiet infrastructure layer that makes scale, integration, and reuse possible. Now AI is putting real pressure on that layer. As more applications become AI-enabled, expectations around speed, flexibility, and abstraction are changing. Developers don’t just need endpoints anymore, they need composable, reliable building blocks that work seamlessly with AI systems, automate complexity, and still give them control. The way APIs are built, discovered, and consumed is starting to shift. To explore that shift, I’m joined by Samuel Kaluvuri, CEO & Chief Architect at ApyHub. Samuel has over 15 years of experience building and scaling developer platforms, and at ApyHub he’s focused on making APIs more accessible, reusable, and developer-friendly in a world that’s rapidly becoming AI-first. In this conversation, we talk about the evolution of APIs, how AI is changing what developers need from platforms like ApyHub, the decision to open-source Voiden, what it means to bootstrap a developer marketplace, and what really matters when leading and scaling technical teams today. Enjoy!