StrongLoop, creator of Node.js development tools (with Node.js itself being a major API-creation system) was acquired by IBM late last year, with its tools to be rolled into IBM’s Bluemix platform.

Speakeasy is using AI to automate the creation and distribution of APIs, greatly simplifying what had been a time-consuming activity.

Speakeasy also enables API producers to offer advanced self-service capabilities to end users, such as authentication, request replay and capture and API schema insight and evolution.