Have APIs reached global ubiquity? What standards will propel web APIs into the future? In this talk, I expand on the core theme of the Platform Summit 2018; that APIs have become a universal lingua franca for B2B. I’ll highlight worldwide trends in both the technical and business realm of APIs, providing a birds-eye overview of what to anticipate throughout our curated 2-day event. I’ll overview the Nordic APIs insight topics: API Design, API Strategy, API Marketing, API Platforms, API Security, and API Business, offering niche case studies and new advances that are propelling and uniting the industry within each facet of modern API practice.