AI / API Meetup in SF
An invite-only evening by Adyen and APIMatic exploring how AI-native tools and AI-driven consumers are redefining API strategy for fintech leaders.
If you lead APIs or integrations and want to explore how rapid advances in AI are changing the way developers—and increasingly AI agents—build integrations, this session is for you. We’ll discuss how API platforms must evolve beyond traditional developer portals to meet the expectations of modern, AI-driven consumers.
Program:
16:30pm Food & Networking
17:00pm "Making AI Work for Real API Integrations" by Adeel Ali, PhD CEO & Cofounder @ APIMatic
17:30pm "How AI is transforming merchant onboarding at Adyen" by Hernan Chalco, Sr. Solutions Engineer @ Adyen
18:00pm Networking
18:30pm Doors close
Talk #1 Introducing API Context Plugins: Making AI Work for Real API Integrations
By Adeel Ali, APIMatic
Anyone can integrate an API into a blank project. The real test is integrating it into a system with architecture, constraints, and history, and that’s where context becomes non-negotiable.
AI coding assistants are changing how software is written. However, for API-driven businesses a critical question remains unanswered: can AI be trusted to integrate APIs inside real production systems?
General-purpose AI models do not understand your APIs, your SDK versions, your workflows, or your constraints. Without authoritative context, AI cannot reliably connect businesses to their customers through APIs.
The issue is not AI capability. It is missing context.
In this session, Adeel will share experimental results from real-world API integrations showing how providing deterministic, up-to-date API context dramatically improves speed, accuracy, and cost efficiency — especially in existing codebases, not greenfield demos.
Adeel then introduce APIMatic Context Plugins, a new developer experience approach that turns API portals into AI-ready infrastructure. By giving AI coding assistants trusted, version-aware API context, Context Plugins enable organisations to unlock AI productivity without sacrificing control or trust.
Because in the next phase of software, the winners won’t just adopt AI, they’ll make it reliable.
Talk #2 How AI is transforming merchant onboarding at Adyen
By Hernan Chalco, Adyen
In today’s fast moving global economy, merchants want to onboard and go live quickly without sacrificing scalability. While AI offers a new arsenal of tools to accelerate this process, the goal isn't just speed, it’s the right customer experience. We are moving past the era of linear operational growth. By identifying exactly where automation excels and where human expertise is irreplaceable, our teams are building a scalable operations engine that stays true to the Adyen standard.
In this session, Hernan will explore how Adyen’s AI strategy is shortening the merchant go-live timeline. By empowering their teams at Adyen to leverage AI‑augmented operation tools, they reduce time‑to‑go‑live, eliminate manual bottlenecks that threaten system reliability, and deliver a frictionless onboarding experience that sets a new standard for merchants and partners alike.
Join us to see the concrete Ops objectives, flagship projects, and measurable outcomes that are already delivering these benefits across Adyen’s platform.
Speaker Bios
Adeel Ali, APIMatic
Adeel Ali is the founding CEO of APIMatic, where he helps global enterprises turn APIs from compliance obligations into engines of growth. With a focus on ROI, adoption, and ecosystem scale, he has led APIMatic to become a trusted partner for banks, fintechs, and technology companies worldwide.
Adeel holds a PhD in APIs automation, and is a frequent speaker on the business impact of developer experience, Open Banking readiness, and how automation future-proofs API strategies in the age of AI.
Hernan Chalco, Adyen
Hernan is a senior solutions engineer at Adyen, where he spent most of his career helping some of the world’s largest enterprise merchants launch and scale payments across retail and digital. A UC Berkeley alum who began his career as a software engineer, Hernan sits at the intersection of deep technical delivery and real world operational execution.