# OpenAPI Initiative
> The OpenAPI Initiative provides an open source, technical community, within which industry participants may easily contribute to building a vendor-neutral, portable and an open specification for providing technical metadata for REST APIs – the “OpenAPI Specification” (OAS).

## Posts
- [OpenAPI Community Hero – Vincent Biret](https://www.openapis.org/blog/2026/03/05/openapi-community-hero-vincent-biret): Welcome to our next Community Hero! After his recent efforts in contributing to Overlay v1.1.0, we spoke to Vincent Biret.
- [OpenAPI Initiative Newsletter – February 2026](https://www.openapis.org/blog/2026/02/10/openapi-initiative-newsletter-february-2026): Welcome to the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI) February 2026 newsletter! This is our first newsletter of 2026, and there is already
- [OpenAPI Initiative Newsletter – December 2025](https://www.openapis.org/blog/2025/12/04/openapi-initiative-newsletter-december-2025): OpenAPI Initiative Newsletter – December 2025 Welcome to the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI) December 2025 newsletter! This is our last newsletter
- [The OpenAPI Initiative Welcomes Apideck!](https://www.openapis.org/blog/2025/10/16/the-openapi-initiative-welcomes-apideck): The OpenAPI Initiative (OAI) is proud to welcome Apideck as a new member! Apideck is the first Unified API platform
- [OpenAPI Initiative Newsletter – September 2025](https://www.openapis.org/blog/2025/10/01/openapi-initiative-newsletter-september-2025): Welcome to the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI) September 2025 newsletter! We’ve had a break over the vacation season in the northern

## Pages
- [Calendar](https://www.openapis.org/get-involved/about): Welcome to the OpenAPI Initiative community calendar. This is a public listing of all technical and Special Interest Groups meetings,
- [Membership benefits](https://www.openapis.org/membership-benefits): Be part of the community building the API standards you depend on Join 34 member organizations from startups to Fortune
- [Home](https://www.openapis.org/): Want to learn more about OpenAPI? Take our new OpenAPI Fundamentals training course  LEARN MORE > The OpenAPI Specifications provide
- [Become a Member](https://www.openapis.org/membershipjoin): As a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, the OpenAPI Initiative aims to create an open source, technical community where industry participants
- [Governance](https://www.openapis.org/participatehow-to-contribute/governance): 1. Mission of the OpenAPI Initiative The OpenAPI Initiative (“OAI”) provides an open source community, within which industry participants may

## People
- [Miguel Quintero](https://www.openapis.org/people/miguel-quintero)
- [Ralf Handl](https://www.openapis.org/people/ralf-handl)
- [Mike Kistler](https://www.openapis.org/people/mike-kistler)
- [Jeremy Whitlock](https://www.openapis.org/people/jeremy-whitlock)
- [Lorna Mitchell](https://www.openapis.org/people/lorna-mitchell)

## Venues
- [Conrad Bengaluru](https://www.openapis.org/venue/conrad-bengaluru)
- [Tolhuistuin](https://www.openapis.org/venue/tolhuistuin)
- [Marina Bay Sands](https://www.openapis.org/venue/marina-bay-sands)
- [San Jose Convention CenterSan Jose](https://www.openapis.org/venue/san-jose-convention-centersan-jose)
- [Smartvillage](https://www.openapis.org/venue/smartvillage)

## Organizers
- [Finlandia House](https://www.openapis.org/organizer/finlandia-house)
- [OAI Outreach Committee](https://www.openapis.org/organizer/oai-outreach-committee)

## Events
- [Apidays New York 2026](https://www.openapis.org/events/apidays-new-york-2026): Apidays puts the intersection between APIs and AI front and center, especially in the world of AI Agents acting autonomously in accessing your APIs and bringing the intention economy to life. In this world the role of OpenAPI has never been more important. Join us at the OAI Track at apidays New York to find out from our presenters what this intersection looks like, and how OpenAPI is being used and evolving to support the agentic world.
- [Apidays India 2026](https://www.openapis.org/events/apidays-india-2026): Apidays puts the intersection between APIs and AI front and center, especially in the world of AI Agents acting autonomously in accessing your APIs and bringing the agentic intention economy to life. In this world the role of OpenAPI has never been more important. Join us at the OAI Track at apidays India to find out from our presenters what this intersection looks like, and how OpenAPI is being used and evolving to support the agentic world.
- [Apidays Munich 2026](https://www.openapis.org/events/apidays-munich-2026): Apidays puts the intersection between APIs and AI front and center, especially in the world of AI Agents acting autonomously in accessing your APIs and bringing the intention economy to life. In this world the role of OpenAPI has never been more important, especially as production loops orchestrated by agents will come to rely on workflow descriptions like Arazzo, to ensure failsafe, deterministic, and predictable operations. Join us at the OAI Track at apidays Munich to find out from our presenters what these developments look like, and how OpenAPI is being used and evolving to support a the Industry 4.0 world.
- [Apidays Amersterdam 2026](https://www.openapis.org/events/apidays-amersterdam-2026): Apidays puts the intersection between APIs and AI front and center, especially in the world of AI Agents acting autonomously in accessing your APIs and bringing the intention economy to life. In this world the role of OpenAPI has never been more important, especially as policy and enforcement in the European AI Act continues to evolve. API descriptions, coupled with workflow descriptions like Arazzo, could become significant affordances in this technology and policy landscape. Join us at the OAI Track at apidays Amsterdam to find out from our presenters what these developments look like, and how OpenAPI is being used and evolving to support a policy-driven AI world.

## Categories
- [Blog](https://www.openapis.org/category/blog)
- [Announcement](https://www.openapis.org/category/announcement)
- [Events](https://www.openapis.org/category/events)
- [News](https://www.openapis.org/category/news)
- [Presentations](https://www.openapis.org/category/blog/presentation)

## Tags
- [new member](https://www.openapis.org/tag/new-member)
- [openapi](https://www.openapis.org/tag/openapi)
- [api](https://www.openapis.org/tag/api)
- [APIStrat 2018](https://www.openapis.org/tag/apistrat-2018)
- [Arazzo](https://www.openapis.org/tag/arazzo)

## People Categories
- [Technical Steering Committee](https://www.openapis.org/people_category/technical-steering-committee)

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