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About the episode:
Join Nataraj as he interviews Matt DeBergalis, CEO of Apollo GraphQL, about the evolution of GraphQL from an open-source project to a product company. Matt shares insights on building and scaling APIs, the challenges of transitioning open-source tech into a viable business, and how AI is reshaping API development. Discover how Apollo is helping companies of all sizes leverage GraphQL to build agentic experiences and modernize their API strategies.

What you’ll learn
Understand the journey of GraphQL from open source to a product-driven company.
Explore the challenges of adopting and scaling GraphQL in enterprise environments.
Discover how GraphQL simplifies complex data combinations with its declarative language.
Learn how Apollo GraphQL helps companies accelerate the development of robust APIs.
Examine the role of GraphQL in building modern agentic experiences powered by AI.
Understand how to balance short-term shipping pressures with long-term architectural considerations.
Identify when GraphQL makes sense for a company based on its API size and consumption needs.
Discover how AI is driving increased API consumption and transforming user interfaces.

About the Guest and Host:
Guest Name: Matt DeBergalis is the Co-founder and CEO of Apollo GraphQL, previously CTO and Co-founder at Meteor Development Group.
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→ Website: ⁠https://www.apollographql.com/⁠

Nataraj: Host of the Startup Project podcast, Senior PM at Azure & Investor.
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→ Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/natarajsindam⁠
→ Substack: ⁠https://startupproject.substack.com/⁠
→ Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://thestartupproject.io⁠⁠⁠

In this episode, we cover
(00:01) Introduction to Matt DeBergalis and Apollo GraphQL
(00:37) Matt's journey and the origins of Apollo GraphQL
(03:24) The transition from open source to a company
(05:02) GraphQL as a client-focused API technology
(07:22) Meta's approach to open source technologies
(10:11) Challenges of converting open source to a business
(13:11) Balancing shipping speed with architectural considerations
(15:52) The risk of adopting the wrong technology
(19:13) The evolution of full-stack development
(23:57) When does adopting GraphQL make sense?
(26:45) Apollo's customer scale and focus
(31:48) Acquiring customers and marketing to developers
(33:52) Matt's transition from CTO to CEO
(37:02) Apollo's sales motion and target audience
(40:24) Matt's thoughts on AI and its impact
(47:12) How AI is changing business metrics

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