Startup Stories - Mixergy #2302 Superpowering Claude with 10,000 apps
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Apr 7, 2026 
Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier, who built the automation platform connecting thousands of apps. He demos Zapier’s SDK that gives agents access to ~10,000 app integrations. Hear about automating CEO workflows like outreach, daily briefs, meeting prep, hiring reviews, and stacking skills to free time for higher-value work.
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Zapier SDK Turns Agents Into Multitool Assistants
- Zapier SDK brings Zapier's ~10,000 app connections into agent harnesses like Claude, Codex, and Cursor.
- That lets non‑engineers give agents safe, direct API access to many apps without writing production code.
Demo Mode Sanitizes Live Data For Safe Demos
- Wade built a 'demo mode' skill that sanitizes real data when he demos workflows so he won't leak confidential info.
- Demo mode rewrites names/phone numbers and redacts personal info while running real requests.
SDK Enables Arbitrary API Calls For Richer Workflows
- The SDK supports arbitrary API requests, unlike prebuilt trigger/action libraries, giving agents broader flexibility.
- Wade contrasts MCP's fixed actions with SDK agents calling Slack API docs to do anything permitted by the API.