Task 2: Identify API Market Trends

# Identify API Market Trends

## Executive Summary
- API economy continues growing with strong demand in marketplaces, security, and AI-adjacent APIs.
- Fast-growth clusters: AI model APIs, API security/compliance, and edge-native gateway tooling.
- Commercial opportunity remains strongest in usage-based models and developer tooling subscriptions.

## Key Trends
1. API security is now core buying criteria.
2. AI-calling APIs are mainstream and increasingly price-competitive.
3. Edge/WASM gateway adoption is rising for low-latency workloads.
4. Regulation is pushing compliance-ready API operations.

## Opportunity Matrix
- Compliance-as-code for API governance
- Vertical AI API marketplaces
- API SBOM and VEX tooling
- SMB API security bundles

## Strategic Actions
1. Prioritize reliability + compliance messaging on landing pages.
2. Publish OpenAPI specs and practical examples.
3. Expand marketplace listings and backlink footprint.
4. Keep pricing transparent with clear free-to-paid transition.

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