'Don't panic!' — this advice from Douglas Adams is more relevant today than ever before. While the world of APIs has traditionally been strictly deterministic, we are now entering a probabilistic, context-hungry and agent-driven galaxy. The classic API Gateway, or 'Traffic Cop', is simply overwhelmed by this new communication paradigm.

In this session, we will take you on a journey through the world of AI gateways. We will explain why the era of generative AI requires more than standard infrastructure components, demanding radically new protocols and cross-cutting concerns.

But how can you orchestrate this "zoo" of protocols securely? This is where the AI Gateway comes in. Through live demos, we will show you how modern gateways can eliminate latency via semantic caching, reduce costs through token rate limiting, and protect sensitive corporate data via PII redaction. We will present architectures that instantly make legacy APIs 'agent-ready' without changing a single line of backend code.

Join us on this journey and prepare your APIs for the AI revolution. And don't forget your towel!