Friday Harbor Open APIs, Yasmina $2M, APIDynamics M2M Security
The API Changelog issue 2025.29
This is issue 2025.29 of the API Changelog, a mix of API news, commentary, and opinion. In this issue, you'll get to know the most relevant API-related information from the week of July 14, 2025. Subscribe now so you never miss an issue of the API Changelog.
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News Highlight
This week, Google completes Performance Max, announces a metadata field to Search Analytics API, and launches Veo 3 API for Developers at $0.75 per second.
Google completed its brand guidelines rollout for new Performance Max campaigns, necessitating campaign-level brand asset management. This shift, announced on July 14, 2025, emphasizes brand control and requires updates for API interactions with campaigns.
Google Search Console has released a metadata feature in the Search Analytics API to track incomplete data points. The feature, announced July 14, 2025, helps improve data accuracy for developers and SEO professionals.
Google has launched a paid preview of its advanced AI video generator, Veo 3, aimed at allowing developers to create videos with synchronized audio. The API is part of Google's monetization strategy, with 720p videos priced at $0.75 per second, and offers expanded capabilities like text-to-video and future image-to-video features. See additional coverage on the decoder.
Events
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Announcements
Nokia has released three network APIs on Google Cloud Marketplace, facilitating global access for developers to create new applications. This move integrates telecom network capabilities with Google Cloud, aiming to advance secure, intelligent digital experiences. See additional coverage on telecoms.com.
ShengShu Technology's Vidu Creative Leap Program leverages its updated Model-as-a-Service API for automated AI-driven video ad production. The program offers ad tech platforms a competitive edge in creative automation, challenging giants like Meta with efficient, personalized advertising solutions.
NatWest has partnered with Brickflow for API integration, offering live rates and efficient deal processing. This collaboration streamlines mortgage applications, improving service for digitally savvy brokers and their clients. See additional coverage on The Intermediary.
Resorts World Genting and Trip.com Group have agreed to enhance their partnership, focusing on API integration and marketing to boost travel demand. The alliance aims for real-time bookings and promotions, stressing speed and personalization to captivate today's luxury-seeking travellers.
Friday Harbor has launched open APIs to offer more integration options to mortgage lenders and vendors. The new APIs allow seamless incorporation of their AI-powered Origination Assistant into different loan systems and workflows.
VerseOne Distribution has launched a new API to enhance music distribution for labels by integrating with their internal systems. The API aims to eliminate manual input, speed up releases, and improve metadata management for partners.
Funding and M&A
Saudi Arabia-based Yasmina has garnered a $2 million seed investment for its API-driven, real-time insurance offerings. The funding will fuel expansion into the UAE and Egypt following their Saudi operations. See additional coverage on Fintech Global.
Opper AI, a Stockholm-based developer tool startup, has introduced its Task Completion API alongside a €2.5 million pre-Seed funding. The Opper API, designed to convert language models into reliable systems, simplifies task execution with structured JSON tasks and a unified access to 80+ models. See additional coverage on EU-Startups.
AI
Covalense Digital unveils Csmart iPaaS 3.2.0, an AI-powered API platform for faster telecom and enterprise integrations. The solution offers low-code configuration, robust security, API monetization, and supports multi-tenant environments.
Amazon is launching Kiro, a new AI-driven IDE focusing on spec-driven development and "vibe coding" integration. Kiro uses specs and event-driven 'hooks' to automate coding workflows, including task generation and codebase analysis.
DAIVID's Creative Data Feed API helps maintain emotional and brand impact in the rising tide of AI-produced ads, offering real-time ad analysis. This tool allows for instant feedback on engagement and ROI, ensuring strategy and storytelling remain integral in fast-paced AI ad generation.
Catchpoint's new tools bolster AI workflows with proactive monitoring for enhanced uptime and reliability. These advancements offer full-stack visibility and observability to prevent disruptions in AI-driven applications.
French AI startup Mistral has released Voxtral, its first audio model series offering cost-effective, open-weight alternatives to proprietary systems. Voxtral supports multilingual transcription and understanding, outperforming rivals with both premium and budget-friendly variants.
Gravitee has acquired US-based Ambassador to expand its AI-ready API platform, Edge Stack, and Blackbird products. The acquisition strengthens Gravitee's position as a leader in Agentic API & Event Management, allowing teams to build without fear or friction in complex ecosystems.
OpenAI Deep Research API enables building applications that autonomously conduct long-form research and present fact-based reports. It supports complex, citation-rich tasks across finance, science, and other sectors, offering two versions for varying needs and enabling integration into products.
Fintech
Doha Bank has launched a pioneering API banking service to integrate corporate clients' ERP systems with the bank for real-time transactions. The service streamlines transaction processing, updates, and reconciliation, reinforcing Doha Bank's commitment to digital innovation and client service.
Candescent, a prominent digital banking technology provider, partners with OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in the US, to enhance its digital offerings for financial wellness. OneUnited Bank utilizes Candescent's API-first extensible platform, which recently led to a 33% uptick in digital banking tool adoption.
Salt Edge's Open Banking API is now fully compatible with IBM's LinuxONE and IBM Z platforms, offering banks a scalable and secure access layer. Their platform simplifies regulatory compliance, allowing banks to provide consent-based APIs while leveraging IBM's robust infrastructure.
Security
Inverite, a Canadian AI-driven software provider, unveiled product enhancements boosting fraud protection with advanced liveness checks and bank verification notifications. The updates improve security and user experience while supporting lenders with real-time fraud status and confidence scores.
Fideo Intelligence's Verify offers real-time, AI-based identity verification, reducing fraud by 47% and costs by 50%. Verify's unique API provides a dynamic risk score across eight verification categories, fueled by a comprehensive fraud intelligence network.
APIDynamics, launched by the CEO of SecurEnds, focuses on advanced API security, including adaptive MFA and Zero Trust enforcement for machine-to-machine interactions. The company, set to debut at Black Hat USA 2025, offers a unified control plane to address API vulnerabilities and enhance security controls.
Marko Elez, a DOGE staffer, leaked an API key opening access to 52 LLMs used by artificial intelligence company xAI. Multiple secure systems have previously been compromised, indicating ongoing security issues within DOGE.
DebitMyData™ releases LLM Security API Suite, pioneering secure AI interactions with blockchain-verified digital identities. The platform introduces easy-to-use APIs for brand and voice authentication, fortifying against AI fraud and improving compliance.