Integration for the AI Era—Introducing Devant by WSO2!

- Isuru Udana
- Director - Engineering - WSO2

We are excited to unveil Devant, the latest groundbreaking innovation from WSO2, designed to revolutionize the integration landscape. Devant is an AI Integration Platform as a Service (AI iPaaS) tailored for the AI-native era, built to enhance the efficiency, intelligence, and manageability of integration solutions across diverse environments.
Why Devant?
In today's rapidly evolving digital world, organizations face the challenge of integrating complex systems and data streams while also leveraging the power of AI to gain meaningful insights and drive business decisions. Devant was developed to address these challenges, providing a versatile platform that supports both traditional integration tasks and modern AI-driven digital transformations.
Launch of Devant
With Devant, WSO2 is setting a new standard for integration. This release brings together the best of WSO2’s robust integration capabilities with cutting-edge AI technologies to offer a platform that not only simplifies complex integrations, but also powers integrations and the digital experiences you build with intelligence.
Key Features of Devant
- Powerful Low-code Approach: Devant’s unique low-code approach accelerates development cycles and empowers developers to tackle complex integration challenges effortlessly, without hitting roadblocks.
- Comprehensive support for integrating systems, including AI services, over any protocol: Devant offers extensive connectivity options, supporting a wide array of protocols and the ability to integrate with any AI service, enhancing the platform’s versatility and capability to handle various data sources.
- First-class support for AI Agents: With Devant, building AI agents becomes an integral part of your digital strategy. The platform's intuitive tools and robust backend infrastructure allow developers to create AI agents without needing deep expertise in machine learning or artificial intelligence. These agents can perform a variety of tasks, from automating routine processes to making complex decisions based on real-time data analysis.
- AI-Powered Development Tools: The platform integrates an AI copilot that assists with code generation, error handling, and suggestions for optimization, significantly reducing development time and effort.
- Scalable and Secure Deployments: Whether opting for a SaaS model or a private data plane, Devant ensures your integrations are scalable, secure, and compliant with enterprise standards.
- Robust API Management: Devant not only manages integrations but also provides sophisticated API management capabilities. Users can expose any integrations written as APIs and AI Agents, as managed APIs, manage its lifecycle, secure APIs with best-in-class security standards, and monitor API usage and performance in real time.
- Real-Time Observability and Insights: Devant’s built-in observability and insight tools provide real-time insights into the health and performance of integrations, enabling proactive management and swift resolution of potential issues.

Figure 1: Low-code development approach

Figure 2: Support for a wide range of protocols and services

Figure 3: Agent building experience

Figure 4: AI-powered development experience

Figure 5: Insights
Transitioning to Devant
Transitioning to Devant is streamlined for maximum ease. Existing WSO2 customers will find familiar elements incorporated into a more powerful and intuitive platform. Detailed documentation and support resources are available to ensure a smooth adoption process.
Future Roadmap
Looking ahead, the Devant team is committed to continuous improvement and innovation. Future releases will focus on expanding AI functionalities, enhancing user experiences, and broadening the ecosystem of supported integrations and protocols.