Episode 83: Going Beyond Chat with Alex From Arcade

About the Episode

In this episode of AI Agents, we sit down with Alex Salazar, founder and CEO of Arcade.dev, to talk about building secure, production-ready AI agents that go beyond standard chat functions. Alex shares his journey from founding authentication company Stormpath to creating Arcade.dev, a platform enabling developers to build AI agents that can take real-world actions across tools like Salesforce, Gmail, GitHub and more—solving critical issues in agentic workflows like authorization, token cost, and consistency. We explore challenges in AI adoption across industries, why larger enterprises are leading early-stage innovation, and how Arcade.dev is leveraging MCP (Modal Contextual Protocol) to power scalable, safer AI tool integrations. If you’re interested in the future of agent-based software, developer infrastructure, and practical steps companies can take today to stay ahead in AI, this episode delivers critical insights.