We are stoked to launch the refreshed Rapid brand! As many of you have likely noticed over the past year, we have radically expanded the types of software, services and support we provide to you – our developer community. Today, we take another major step forward with the evolution of our brand - updating our visual language and renaming RapidAPI …
RapidAPI Studio: Bringing All Your APIs and Development Needs Together in One Place
Building, testing, publishing, and collaboratively working with a team on APIs can be a disjointed developer experience. Moving from coding to testing, to publishing and consuming APIs often forces developers to jump from one application to the next. This costs time and the loss of context you move between experiences. That is why today we’re …
RapidAPI Raises $150M Series D at a $1B Valuation
The idea behind RapidAPI originated at a hackathon in 2015. Since then, RapidAPI has grown and changed tremendously to become the world’s largest API Hub where over 4 million developers find, test, connect, and collaborate on APIs. The Octopus Becomes a Unicorn Today, we are excited to announce RapidAPI’s $150M Series D funding at a $1B …
Rapid Announces Debut of AI API Collection
An ever-increasing number of developers are using AI APIs to help create and build super-smart apps that can turbocharge the user experience. As a result of this growing trend, the number of available AI APIs is exploding, making it easier and more efficient for developers to tap into the advanced capabilities of AI, such as image recognition, …
What’s Driving the Buzz Around GPT APIs?
Unless you’ve been hiding under the proverbial rock for the last few weeks, it’s likely you have read or heard about ChatGPT, which is rapidly becoming the most talked-about tool on the internet. Released to the public in December 2022 by OpenAI, the text-generation tool based on GPT3 signals a dramatic revolution in AI technology. Cheap, easily …
Leveraging AI APIs for Super-Intelligent Applications
No matter the topic, it seems the whole world is buzzing about artificial intelligence (AI). And for good reason: AI holds vast promise due to its power to process and analyze massive quantities of data at rapid speeds, as well as its knack for quickly and effectively predicting data-based outcomes. The API world is no different. AI APIs are …
Rapid Helps IATA Take Flight with an Open API Hub For The Airline Industry
When considering what makes up the air travel ecosystem (airlines, airport operators, government authorities, and other stakeholders), effective data exchange becomes mission critical, especially in the areas of conduct, security and other operational services. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), whose approximately 290 members …
State of APIs: growth and more growth on tap for 2023
If you’re wondering whether you need to focus on APIs as part of your digital strategy for 2023, the answer is a resounding yes. Anyone operating in the digital transformation business today also needs to be in the API business. That’s the bold, key takeaway from Rapid’s 4th annual State of APIs Report, which comprised global insights from 850 …
Rapid’s Top 10 API Predictions: what to expect from the API market in 2023
As we embark on the New Year, one trend within the constantly changing enterprise tech world stands out: APIs are a critical part of the developer experience. As a crucial tool for digital expansion, monetizing data, and unlocking innovation, APIs have become a key component of nearly every enterprise’s efforts to compete in the digital …
World Cup 2022 is Around the Corner
The much anticipated 2022 World Cup is about to kick off in Qatar on November 20. Fans around the world are looking forward to finding out if Messi can win his elusive World Cup for Argentina? Will England break their 56-year streak of heartache? Can France repeat? How will the United States bounce back after missing the 2018 World Cup? There is …
Paw – Now RapidAPI For Mac
You may have noticed last week that there has been a lot of excitement around the new Rapid brand. Today we are excited to announce that Paw is officially getting a rebrand experience of its own. As of today, Paw has been formally rebranded to RapidAPI for Mac. For those of you who haven’t used it previously, Paw is a fully …
RapidAPI Powers Poly’s New API Marketplace
The unified communications space is seeing an explosion of critical applications as hybrid work and the move to the cloud becomes more and more prominent. Poly, a market leader that provides premium audio and video products, is helping lead the movement with offerings like private video conferencing software Poly Clariti and cloud-based device …
How to Create a Jokes App Using Humor Jokes and Memes API and Next.js
We all love a good laugh, and there’s nothing like a hilarious joke to brighten up your day. But what if you could have a never-ending supply of jokes at your fingertips, always on hand to make you laugh? Well, now you can, with the help of the Humor-Jokes-and-Memes API and Next.Js. In this article, we’ll show you how to create a jokes app using …
RapidAPI’s Berlin Hub is Now Open for Business
RapidAPI is on the move! Today we announced we are launching a new hub office in Berlin and dramatically expanding our presence in Europe. This is an exciting milestone, and I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on how we came to start up in Berlin. The process started back in late 2021 when we drafted our hiring and team plans for 2022 …
RapidAPI Around the World: San Francisco Office
This month we are exploring RapidAPI's worldwide office locations, starting with the HQ — San Francisco! We interviewed three teammates to learn more about the San Francisco office and how it has changed over the years. Q: How has the San Francisco office evolved since you joined RapidAPI? "When I first joined RapidAPI, we were in a small …