In the era of digital transformation, composability, or the use of modular components, has emerged as a new frontier. Some enterprises are following architectures to develop complex systems linked to their tech stacks. However, bringing such systems to life can also prove very challenging, especially due to data silos and fragmented architectures.
Today, a Texas-based startup FastenFounded by former Amazon engineering leader Khalid Muayidh, announced $2.6 million in seed funding to address these issues and pave the AI-powered way to build highly efficient composable applications.
Basically, what Fasten has developed is a no-code/low-code platform that taps AI agentsAutomation and drag-and-drop interfaces to simplify the creation, integration, and orchestration of modular components required in app development, including APIs that unlock real-time access to business-critical data spanning silos.
“Our unique approach focuses on composability, which makes it easy to integrate different systems and data sources. This not only accelerates development and reduces costs, but also increases agility, reliability and scalability for enterprise solutions,” Muayid told VentureBeat.
Building a unified enterprise-grade API
Muayid started Fasten in 2023 after facing many hurdles while building complex systems for his previous employers. The biggest issue, he said, was that traditional architectures required developers to manually manage different custom APIs and their integration in different data environments. This demanded complex coding efforts and was incredibly slow and error-prone.
With Fasten, the problem is overcome by allowing users to build unified enterprise-grade APIs using natural language notation. Essentially, using the platform’s AI agent, a user can describe the functionality of their application and get a functional API, which is the building block of that application, in a matter of seconds.
“With our AI Agent for APIs, users can describe the type of API they need – whether it’s to read or write information on any topic – and the system will automatically generate production-ready, enterprise-grade APIs. Users have the option to confirm the details of the API or further customize it through prompts. Similarly, our AI Agent for Connectors allows users to build integrations for systems or applications that are not pre-integrated with Fastn, enabling efficient custom connection building,” said Muayidh.
Once the API is ready, the user can connect it to their data sources, be it databases, spreadsheets or other applications so that all the information can be pulled almost instantly. Faston says it can deliver data in sub-milliseconds, which is important for applications like e-commerce product pages.
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After connecting the data, Fasten allows users to shape the logic of the application, using pre-built or custom-built components, to handle such tasks. Data transformationCalculations or decision making. Plus, it offers the ability to monitor application performance in real-time, giving visibility into critical metrics like p50, p90 and p99 latency and data flow across all connections.
“If something doesn’t work as expected, you can quickly identify and fix the problem. And when you’re ready to launch, deploying your app to different environments is just a few clicks away. To ensure reliability, each generated API or connector can be user-tested to verify that it meets our high standards for enterprise-grade performance. If required, the user can modify it further, without writing any code,” Muedh added.
Adoption by leading enterprises
While Faston is in its early stages and has only raised $2.6 million, its approach to creating composable apps is already gaining attention. Since listing on Product Hunt in July 2024, the company has gained over 450 users who are testing the platform at their workplaces. It recently signed up HP as its first official enterprise customer.
“HP uses Fastn to seamlessly integrate its applications with customers’ environments, fully embracing a composable architecture…For example, when HP signs and onboards a customer using a separate support system, Fastn’s platform makes it HP Enables data to be automatically mapped and orchestrated between and across systems. Regardless of customer support system, format or environment. This real-time connection breaks down data silos and eliminates the need for extensive custom development, allowing HP to focus on delivering value to their customers in minutes, not months,” explains Muayedh.
He added that he has a dozen mid-sized and enterprise customers in the pipeline for this year.
However, as the integration and orchestration market continues to grow, it will be interesting to see how the company differentiates itself from other long-established and heavily funded players such as Mulsoft And SnapLogic.
According to Mordor IntelligenceThe market for system integration is projected to grow from $485.41 billion in 2024 to $778.92 billion by 2029, with a growth rate of nearly 10%.
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