Postman Supercharges AI Development with New API Enhancements at POST/CON 2024
01 Mayo 2024 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Developers armed with new Postman API Platform
features to embrace the future of AI
POST/CON-- Postman, the world’s leading API collaboration
platform, today released v11, a significant update that drastically
speeds up development by reducing collaboration friction on APIs.
Announced in conjunction with POST/CON 2024, v11 is a
groundbreaking advancement poised to revolutionize software
development. Just as SVN gave way to Git, and Git evolved into
GitHub, the next wave is upon us, driven by the symbiotic
relationship between AI and APIs.
"In the age of AI, everything is an API," says Abhinav Asthana,
co-founder and CEO of Postman, emphasizing the critical role APIs
play in empowering artificial intelligence. In Postman’s most
recent State of the API report, 60% of API professionals reported
that they employ generative AI tools for use cases such as finding
mistakes in code, producing code, and coding instruction. There was
also wide agreement that AI will deliver a boost in developer
productivity, with the largest share of respondents forecasting
improvements of up to 25%. Furthermore, Gartner® estimates that by
2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have used generative
artificial intelligence (GenAI) APIs or models, up from less than
5% in 20231.
To realize those gains of AI, APIs must be thought of first and
foremost. Organizations are starting to rethink their approach to
building software to adapt to this monumental technological
paradigm shift.
“Whether organizations realize it or not, APIs are the hands and
legs that power AI’s ‘thinking.’ Those that don’t prioritize their
API design strategy now to prepare for an AI-driven future will be
left behind," Asthana continues. "The AI battle will be won by
improving APIs. Postman’s latest features will empower even the
largest organizations to capitalize on the productivity benefits of
AI by easing collaboration and communication around APIs, both
internally and with external partners. We look forward to seeing
the innovation that results."
Key features of v11 include:
- Postbot now generally available: A groundbreaking AI
companion, offering capabilities ranging from test generation and
documentation to expert debugging and data visualization,
revolutionizing the development workflow. First introduced last
year, Postbot’s understanding of the deep context of developers’
APIs has proven to dramatically speed API testing workflows.
- Seamless communication of API changes: Updates to APIs
will now appear in the new workspace updates feed for both internal
and external API consumers, instead of scattered across email,
chat, and repos. This eliminates the risk of API consumers using
outdated APIs that can cost a company a lot of money, time, and
resources to fix.
- Expanded accessibility for Partner Workspaces: Partner
APIs are pivotal, whether powering an app marketplace with
thousands of partners or connecting two companies in a strategic
partnership. However, as APIs are updated, it becomes difficult to
ensure partners are working with the most up-to-date APIs without a
place to collaborate on them. To address this need, Postman has
expanded Partner Workspaces — where companies and their partners
can collaborate on APIs and communicate API changes — with
the ability to distribute Postman API collections to multiple
external partners at once.
To learn more about today’s announcement and even more new
features — including general availability of VS Code Extension —
visit Postman’s blog.
Customer Validation
“The Postman API Platform is a savior for collaboration. Its
understanding and relationship with the developer community are
unparalleled.” — Sanjay Jain, Chief Technology & Product
Officer, DBAT, Axis Bank
“Postman is an essential part of the developer community and API
ecosystem making it critical to our API-first journey. It allows
developers to accelerate integration and expedite onboarding.” —
Brian Beck, Director of Engineering - Developer Ecosystem,
PayPal
“Postman has created a positive synergy across the organization.
Collaboration is now seamless between different teams which has
significantly improved our way of working.” — Mili Orucevic, Chief
Software Quality Engineer, Visma
“Partner Workspaces are invaluable to Canopy. It's been an
exciting time for us, as we are continually delighted by Postman,
especially since moving to the Enterprise plan.” — Anurag Angara,
Head of Product, Canopy Servicing
“[Postbot] has been really great. It's been the main tester for
my team. Just telling it to write tests for APIs we're working
on…and it does exactly what you ask for, which is pretty cool.” —
Nelson Guadique, QA Engineer, BAM Technologies
About Postman
Postman is the world’s leading API collaboration platform, used
by more than 30 million developers and 500,000 organizations,
including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman gives teams of all sizes
and functions, the ability to rapidly iterate on API development,
elevate the quality of their APIs, and extend their API workflows
for large-scale initiatives. The company is headquartered in San
Francisco with offices in Bangalore and Tokyo. Postman is privately
held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV,
Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at
http://postman.com or connect with Postman on Twitter via
@getpostman.
1 Gartner press release, Gartner Says More Than 80% of
Enterprises Will Have Used Generative AI APIs or Deployed
Generative AI-Enabled Applications by 2026, October 11, 2023
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