EP052: Palo Alto Networks Just Bought an AI Gateway — What It Means for Every Developer

Palo Alto Networks acquires Portkey, one of the most prominent AI gateway startups, folding it into Prisma AIRS as a mission-critical control plane for autonomous agents. We break down what this 120-billion-dollar cybersecurity company buying a gateway means for the category: validation that AI gateways are infrastructure, the enterprise security angle that changes everything, and why the acquisition creates a wide-open lane for developer-focused gateways. Plus: what the rise of autonomous AI agents means for gateway architecture and why lightweight tools like Crazyrouter are more relevant than ever.