PALO ALTO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 21, 2026 / 101OBEX today announced that AVAP Gateway Advanced has been named the winner of the 2026 API Award for Best Innovation in API Gateways, presented by API World and DevNetwork. The award recognizes technologies that are redefining the API ecosystem and enabling the next generation of intelligent, connected software.
The recognition comes at a pivotal moment for the software industry. As enterprises move beyond traditional applications toward AI Systems, where software, APIs, AI agents, MCP tools, and intelligent services operate as a single coordinated architecture, the role of the API Gateway is rapidly evolving.
AVAP Gateway Advanced was built for this new reality.
More than a traditional API Gateway, AVAP Gateway Advanced serves as the intelligent execution layer for AI Systems, enabling organizations to expose, orchestrate, secure, govern, and operate not only APIs, but other capabilities designed for both humans and AI. It supports the infrastructure required by autonomous agents, intelligent workflows, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and AI-native applications while maintaining enterprise-grade security, governance, and operational control.
"We believe the future of software belongs to AI Systems," said Raúl Nogales, 101OBEX Founder & CEO. "Receiving the API Award for Best in API Gateways validates our vision that API infrastructure must evolve beyond connectivity to become the intelligent backbone where business capabilities, AI services, and autonomous agents collaborate securely at enterprise scale."
According to DevNetwork, the API Awards recognize the technologies, products, and teams delivering outstanding innovation across today's rapidly evolving API landscape.
"APIs have evolved from integration tools into the core infrastructure powering AI-native applications, autonomous agents, and intelligent digital experiences," said Jonathan Pasky, Executive Producer & Co-Founder of DevNetwork, producer of API World and the API Awards. "The 2026 API Award winners are helping define what's next for the API ecosystem, and AVAP Gateway Advanced's recognition reflects its meaningful contribution to the industry's continued innovation and growth."
Award recipients were selected by the independent DevNetwork API Advisory Board based on technical innovation, industry impact, adoption within the API community, and overall contribution to advancing API technologies and best practices.
Beyond the recognition itself, the award reflects AVAP's technological evolution. With this achievement, AVAP succeeds Kong, the recipient of this award category in previous editions, establishing itself as a new benchmark for innovation in API Gateways.
What began as a platform to accelerate API development and lifecycle management has evolved into a platform for building and operating AI Systems. Through AVAP Sphere, organizations can design, generate, deploy, govern, and continuously evolve intelligent backends where APIs, business logic, AI agents, MCP servers, and enterprise knowledge operate as a single coordinated system.
AVAP Gateway Advanced will be recognized during API World 2026, taking place September 1-3 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. As the world's largest API and integration conference, API World brings together thousands of software engineers, architects, technology leaders, and API professionals to explore the technologies shaping the future of software.
About 101OBEX
101OBEX is building the technology powering AI Systems. Through the AVAP platform, organizations can create intelligent backends where humans and AI collaborate to build, operate, and continuously evolve enterprise software. By combining APIs, AI agents, MCP capabilities, orchestration, governance, and autonomous operations into a unified platform, AVAP is redefining how modern software is created for the AI era.
Contact information:
Lucia Cangas : lucia.cangas@101obex.com
SOURCE: 101OBEX
View the original
press releaseon ACCESS Newswire
Media gallery
