Arcade
Arcade is the tool-calling platform for AI agents with built-in auth, observability, and DX. Founded by ex-Okta engineers; agent infra.
Overview
Arcade: AI Tool-Calling Platform with Auth & Observability
Arcade is AI tool-calling platform with built-in OAuth, observability, and developer experience for agent builders. Tool-calling has emerged as the bottleneck in production AI agents — OAuth flows, token management, error handling, and observability are tedious to build for every new integration. Arcade's pitch is a centralized platform: pre-built toolkits for common SaaS apps, built-in auth handling, and observability — so agent builders focus on the agent, not the plumbing.
Key Features
- AI tool-calling platform with built-in OAuth, observability, and developer experience for agent builders
- Founded in 2024 by Alex Salazar (ex-Okta), Sam Partee, and Atul Tulshibagwale
- Approximately $12M+ seed; backed by Laude Ventures, Madrona, and others
- Handles the OAuth and auth dance for agents calling third-party tools (Gmail, Slack, GitHub, etc.)
- Pre-built toolkits for popular SaaS integrations plus custom tool deployment
- TypeScript and Python SDKs; works with major LLM providers and agent frameworks
- Used by teams building production AI agents that need to do more than chat
Ideal Use Case
Engineering teams building production AI agents that need to perform real actions in third-party tools — Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Salesforce, Notion — and are tired of writing one-off OAuth flows and tool integrations for every new agent.
Why Use Arcade
Tool-calling has emerged as the bottleneck in production AI agents — OAuth flows, token management, error handling, and observability are tedious to build for every new integration. Arcade's pitch is a centralized platform: pre-built toolkits for common SaaS apps, built-in auth handling, and observability — so agent builders focus on the agent, not the plumbing.
FAQ
Q: Who founded Arcade? A: Alex Salazar (ex-Okta), Sam Partee, and Atul Tulshibagwale co-founded Arcade in 2024.
Q: How much has Arcade raised? A: Approximately $12M+ seed with participation from Laude Ventures and Madrona Venture Group.
Q: What does Arcade do? A: Arcade is the tool-calling platform for AI agents — handling OAuth, token management, pre-built toolkits for popular SaaS apps, and observability so engineering teams can focus on agent logic rather than tool integration plumbing.
Q: Arcade vs Composio vs MCP? A: Composio is a competing tool-calling platform with similar positioning. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open Anthropic-led standard for tool integration. Arcade's differentiation is the auth and observability stack from founders with deep Okta-era identity expertise.
Q: What languages does Arcade support? A: TypeScript and Python SDKs are the primary supported languages, with integrations across major LLM providers and agent frameworks.
tl;dr
Arcade is the AI tool-calling platform with built-in OAuth, observability, and pre-built SaaS toolkits — for engineering teams building production AI agents. ~$12M+ seed; Laude + Madrona-backed. Founded by ex-Okta identity engineers.
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