AI agents often need to access multiple services and data sources on behalf of users. This introduces unique authentication and authorization challenges that go beyond typical single sign-on (SSO) for human users. Unlike a standard web app, an AI agent might operate without a user interface and even make autonomous...
As we step into 2025, AI-powered email automation has become a game-changer for productivity. Building your own AI agent for Gmail can transform how you manage communications, prioritize messages, and handle routine email tasks. This guide introduces the key concepts of creating a custom Gmail AI assistant, with special attention...
What is MCP? Model Context Protocol (MCP) is having a moment, and for good reason: it's an open, standard way to connect tools and agents. At Arcade, we're thrilled to see the industry adopting an open standard for tool calling, because it means even more options...
Last week, we hit a major company milestone - and you can read all about it in TechCrunch! Arcade secured $12 million in funding from Laude Ventures. For those who haven't heard the full story, our co-founders Alex Salazar (former Okta exec) and Sam Partee (former Redis engineer)...
How to use AI to query a customer database without writing SQL You've finally made it to Data Analyst at your dream company (yay!). You're excited to finally put all those hardcore SQL skills you've acquired over the years, maybe even use some of...
Today we're launching Arcade Deploy, solving a critical challenge in AI development: how to quickly build, deploy, and iterate on custom tools that expand what your AI can do. With Arcade Deploy, you use our SDK to create specialized tools, then deploy them instantly to our cloud with...
