API Updates

API changes, new endpoints, and developer tools.

Last Week

Googleapi

Link·May 19, 2026

New managed agents capability for developers building on Gemini.

Best for: Building production agents on Gemini without running your own agent runtime
When to use it: You want Google to handle agent orchestration, state, and execution
Who benefits: Developers and platform teams building on the Gemini API

May 2026

Anthropicapi

Link·May 11, 2026

Anthropic's full Claude API is now available directly on AWS, with AWS authentication and billing.

Best for: AWS-native teams that want the latest Claude API features without going through Bedrock.
When to use it: you want to use new Claude features and prefer AWS billing.
Who benefits: enterprise developers building on AWS who've been stuck waiting for Bedrock feature parity.

Perplexityapi

Link·May 6, 2026

One API call returns licensed financial datasets, real-time market data, and cited web sources for finance agents.

Best for: Building finance agents that need verifiable, current market data without stitching together multiple data providers.
When to use it: Agents need live market data (prices, fundamentals, earnings, filings) with citations from a single tool call.
Who benefits: Fintech, research, and analyst tooling teams who previously integrated separate market data feeds and search providers.

April 2026

Googleapi

Link·Apr 29, 2026

Google Cloud now offers 50+ fully managed Model Context Protocol servers for connecting AI agents to its services.

Best for: building agents that need to read or act on Google Cloud and Workspace data
When to use it: wiring Gemini CLI, Claude, ChatGPT, VS Code, LangChain, or ADK agents into BigQuery, Spanner, GKE, Drive, Calendar, and similar services
Who benefits: developers and platform engineers running multi-tool agent workflows on Google Cloud

OpenAIapi

Link·Apr 28, 2026

OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents are now available inside Amazon Bedrock in limited preview.

Best for: enterprises already on AWS that want OpenAI models without standing up a separate vendor relationship.
When to use it: your team's spend, security review, and orchestration already live in Bedrock.
Who benefits: AWS-native engineering and platform teams whose procurement has blocked direct OpenAI deals.

OpenAIapi

Link·Apr 24, 2026

GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro are now available to developers through the OpenAI API.

Best for: developers building tools and agents that need OpenAI's newest agentic model
When to use it: you want to wire GPT-5.5's long-task and tool-use behavior into your own product or workflow
Who benefits: developers on the OpenAI API

Anthropicapi

Link·Apr 23, 2026

Persistent memory store for agents running on the Claude Managed Agents platform.

Best for: agents that need to remember user context and task progress across sessions
When to use it: you are building agents that should learn from every run instead of starting fresh
Who benefits: developers building on the Claude Managed Agents API

Anthropicapi

Link·Apr 10, 2026

Pair Opus as an advisor with Sonnet or Haiku as the executor in your own agents via the API. Near Opus-level intelligence at a fraction of the cost.

Best for: Production agents where most requests are routine but some require deeper reasoning to get right
When to use it: Your agent's error rate on edge cases is too high with Sonnet alone, but running everything through Opus is too expensive
Who benefits: Teams already building on the Claude API who want to improve agent quality without scaling their compute budget linearly