Budhaditya Bhattacharya
Director of Product Ecosystem
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Budha is the Director of Product Ecosystem at Tyk, where he leads product education, ecosystem expansion, and adoption of open standards. He is the co-creator of the API platform maturity model, course instructor, conference speaker, and host of Tyk's annual LEAP conferences.
As the elected board chair of the OpenAPI Initiative, he is responsible for increasing membership, defining the value proposition, and driving the adoption of OAS, Arazzo, and Overlays.
Part product strategist, part developer advocate, and part storyteller, he’s on a mission to remove friction from API ecosystems by breaking down tech complexities preferably with a great metaphor and a well-placed pun.
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Into the OpenAPI Multiverse: Why OAS, Arazzo, and Overlays are essential for an AI-Ready Future
As enterprises race to integrate AI, many overlook a foundational enabler: well-structured, machine-readable APIs. This talk looks at how the trifecta of the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), Overlays, and Arazzo work together to power an API ecosystem that’s AI-ready by design. Together, these specifications form the foundation for scalable, deterministic, and automation-friendly API ecosystems, critical for powering AI applications and workflows. Whether you are building API platforms or exploring an agentic future, this session will show you how to align specs, people, and tools for an AI-enabled future.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand how OpenAPI, Overlays, and Arazzo complement each other across the API lifecycle.
- Learn how structured specifications enable better automation, governance, and AI integration.
- Get practical guidance on preparing your API ecosystem for AI-driven use cases.
AI, APIs, and the path to AI-readiness: Structuring the AI supply chain for enterprise adoption
AI is changing the game, but without a solid foundation, it can quickly become a house of cards. Effective AI governance isn’t just about ticking boxes; it’s about building a structured AI supply chain that ensures everything stays reliable, accountable, and efficient. In this session, we’ll break down the four key components – vendors, interfaces, data, and tooling – and explain how they are pivotal in making your AI systems work smoothly.
What to expect
1. Learn how to structure an AI supply chain for flexibility, security, and scale
2. Get to grips with LLM APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP), key players in AI interoperability
3. Weigh the benefits of structured toolchains vs. AI operators – because one approach won’t work for everyone
4. Understand how APIs serve as the transport layer for knowledge and decision-making in AI systems
Service proxy, API gateway, service mesh: how to pick what's right for you?
Navigating the world of cloud-native architectures can be daunting, especially when understanding the differences between service proxies, API gateways, and service meshes.
In this beginner-friendly session, we'll explore:
1. The fundamental concepts of service proxies, API gateways, and service meshes
2. The key differences between these components and their roles in modern architectures
3. Real-world examples of how each component is used in various scenarios
4. A handy decision-making framework to help you determine which solution is best suited for your specific use case.
By the end of this talk, you'll have a solid understanding of service proxies, API gateways, and service meshes, and you'll be well-equipped to make informed decisions for your cloud-native journey. So, buckle up and get ready for an exciting adventure into the world of Kubernetes and beyond!
APIOps and Tyk: paving the golden path to API platform maturity
APIOps, short for API operations, creates a standardized process and collaborative culture to accelerate how your organization creates APIs, deploys them, and maintains them throughout its life cycle. It’s like DevOps but specifically tailored for APIs.
By embracing APIOps, you can reduce human error, increase efficiency, reduce time to market, roll back changes if things go south, and make your API deployment process as smooth as a well-oiled machine.
Join Budha, developer advocate at Tyk and Carol Cheung, Senior Product Manager at Tyk, as we deep dive into:
1. APIOps - what it is and why it is important
2. How APIOps can help transform API platform maturity
3. How Tyk drives APIOps adoption through robust API governance, developer experience, and comprehensive API observability.
This talk will provide practical insights and strategies to leverage Tyk’s tools in a Kubernetes environment, enhancing your API management capabilities and accelerate your API platform maturity.
What Could Go Wrong with a GraphQL Query and Can OpenTelemetry Help?
APIs are the building blocks of our modern world. As the world becomes more interconnected, we need reliable and performant APIs to ensure the best experience for our end users. Many developers are starting to use GraphQL to provide a monolithic facade on top of their complex microservice architecture. In turn, making their next-generation APIs fast, flexible, and developer-friendly.
But using GraphQL also introduces many new challenges when isolating failures and troubleshooting performance issues. Can OpenTelemetry help solve those challenges?
During this talk, we will:
1. Give a brief overview of OpenTelemetry as a technology
2. Investigate common challenges developers and SREs might encounter when running GraphQL in production
3. Explore how OpenTelemetry can help deal with these issues
4. Discuss what needs to be improved to make OTel even more valuable for the community
How Move.com 100x their developer productivity using a self-service API platform
Learn how Move.com streamlined their APIOps using a cloud-native API platform, slashing complexity and boosting developer productivity by 100x!
5 ways to accelerate your API Platform maturity
APIs and microservices are powering domain-driven design architectures and have become the fabric of modern cloud-native applications. However, focusing on technology isn't enough - there is a need for a synergy between people, processes, and tools.
Based on the API platform maturity model, we will look to bridge the gap between an org's current and your desired platform maturity level when creating cloud-native API platforms.
We'll discuss:
1. The platform team model - team topologies and key roles for developing internal API platforms
2. Processes like platform discovery, jobs-to-be-done analysis, and continuous feedback loops to understand and meet developer needs
3. Applying a "platform as a product" mindset to measure and communicate platform success
4. Architecting for discoverability, security, observability and integration capabilities
5. The role of technologies like service meshes, API gateway, identity management, internal developer portals and OpenAPI specifications
KSUG.AI EMEA #14 - London meetup @TBC User group Sessionize Event
API World 2025 Sessionize Event
OTel Community Day 2025 Sessionize Event
KCD Washington DC 2024 Sessionize Event
GraphQLConf 2024 Sessionize Event
OTel Community Day North America 2024 Sessionize Event
KubeHuddle Toronto 2024 Sessionize Event
API World 2023 Sessionize Event
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