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What do successful API organizations have in common?

Originally published on LinkedIn, September 13, 2025.

The organizations with great APIs have something else in common: they're OpenAPI Initiative members. That's not a coincidence.

All these organizations have two things in common:

One is they have great APIs…

The other is that they are OpenAPI Initiative members.

If you’re: • Using OpenAPI, • Benefitting from OpenAPI, • Or want to help decide the spec’s direction in the age of AI, Consider joining this project under The Linux Foundation.

And if you’re not doing any of the above and are still reading this, talk to me to find out why you should 🤳