Ming Wen

Co-founder & CEO @ API7.ai, Original Creator of Apache APISIX

About

I started Apache APISIX because I saw a fundamental gap: API gateways hadn't evolved for the cloud-native era. In 5 years, APISIX grew from zero to 14K+ GitHub stars, 600+ contributors, and production use at Zoom, Airwallex, SHEIN, and more.Now I'm focused on what comes next: APIs aren't just connecting microservices — they're connecting AI agents, LLMs, and autonomous systems. The API layer is becoming the nervous system of AI.I write about: API architecture • AI infrastructure • Open source commercialization • Building from Asia to the worldEvaluating API management, API gateways, or AI infrastructure?→ Book a 30-min architecture call: https://calendly.com/wenming/30min→ Or DM me here.

Country

City

Singapore

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

API Management, LLM Infrastructure, Cloud-Native Architecture, AI Gateway, API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Python, LAMP, MySQL, Software Development, Server Side Programming, Web Architecture, Nginx, Lua, OpenResty, docker

Experience

Co-founder & CEO

API7.ai, Original Creator of Apache APISIX

2019-3 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

API7.ai donated the API gateway APISIX to the Apache Software Foundation in 2019. This is our first step towards our purpose: We exist to make the connections of the digital world more efficient, reliable, and secure. Many innovators use APISIX to handle API requests, including: Zoom, Lotus Cars, SHEIN, vivo, OPPO, Airwallex, etc. Through the success of Apache APISIX in the field of API Runtime, API7 has the opportunity to penetrate more areas of the API full lifecycle and together with our partners, provide solutions for API design, API development, API portal, API monetization, etc.