ChatGPT can't send emails, order food, or book flights. It can write SQL but can't query databases or work well with the data results. AI can't connect to the real world. It can't authenticate to access your accounts or use your data. This disconnect is partly why less than 30% of AI projects go to production.
The biggest opportunity in AI today isn't better AI models—it's enabling those models to take real actions. Developers need secure connections between AI and authenticated services, user data, and enterprise systems. Arcade solves this with safe, authenticated connectors, called ‘tools’ in AI lingo.
Arcade unlocks developers to create AI apps that do more than chat—they act. We're at the core of this tech revolution, set to shape every app you'll use in the future.
The AI Disconnect
Every developer knows the pain: They've got a brilliant AI application in mind, but instead of building cool features they're stuck fighting with auth flows, wrestling with APIs, and cursing at docs at 2 AM. This disconnect isn't just frustrating – it's blocking innovation. There has to be a better way.
Beyond Better Models, Arcade Tools
The real opportunity isn't in building fancier AI models. It's in empowering developers to easily connect those models to real actions.
Arcade provides secure, authenticated connectors—"tools" in AI speak—that bridge this gap. We're not just another auth company or integration platform. We're building a tooling layer for agents, the connective tissue for AI.
Think of us as your AI integration superpower. No more authentication headaches, no more integration nightmares. If you need your AI to take action, you can grab one of our tools or use our SDK to build your own. All of our tools are designed specifically for LLM and agent-based AI apps.
Here's what sets us apart:
- Secure Authentication: We make end-user based auth, Oauth, API keys, and tokens management dead simple.
- Comprehensive Tool Catalog: Pre-built and custom tools for every need, including Google Workspace, Slack, Microsoft 365, top social media apps, task management systems, and CRMs.
- Lightning Fast: Up to 70% faster responses than existing tools today and even faster with parallel execution.
- Developer-Friendly: Easy setup, a robust SDK for custom tools, and a first-of-a-kind eval framework for LLM-Tool interactions.
Why We Started Arcade
We built Arcade because we lived the problem. While creating our own AI agent, we hit endless walls trying to make AI do real things. The conventional approaches weren't cutting it.
What started as solving our own headaches became something bigger - the essential tool layer every AI app needs.
Today's AI apps need experts in machine learning, auth, and a dozen other specialties. That's why most AI startups focus on just one or two workflows. We're changing that.
Arcade is our love letter to developers. We handle the complex stuff so you can focus on building amazing things because the next wave of groundbreaking apps will come from developers who can just create - without needing to be AI/ML experts.
Our goal? When someone shows off their game-changing AI app, we want to be the quiet engine that made it possible.
The Arcade Advantage
We're not just another player in the AI space. Our team brings deep expertise in authentication, distributed systems, and AI deployment. We've built systems handling billions of requests, architected over 100 LLM-based apps, and created products that both developers and the enterprise loved. We know how to make complex production infrastructure feel easy for developers while ensuring security, scalability, and reliability.
This isn't just about auth or integrations. It's about unlocking AI's full potential at scale.
Real-World Impact
Imagine AI that could help you with:
- Communication Management: AI that triages 100+ daily messages and alerts across Slack, Gmail, Outlook, Social, CRM, and Ticketing systems, auto-responds to routine requests, and flags only the 5% that need your attention.
- Task Automation: AI that handles 80% of your recurring tasks - from scheduling meetings and updating JIRA tickets to syncing CRM data and generating reports.
- Data Intelligence: AI that instantly pulls data across Salesforce, Snowflake, Graphana, Netsuite, and Google Analytics to answer complex business questions from a user in seconds, not days.
These aren't pipe dreams. They're the reality unlocked by Arcade today.
And all without giving your CISO a heart attack.
Join Us in Building the Future
Our goal is simple: to be as essential to AI app development as the LLM.
Want to help us shape the future of AI? Sign up for early access and get your hands on our sweet, sweet tech before anyone else.
The future of AI is actionable. And it starts with you.
