How AI Agents Navigate API Barriers
techstrong.ai, Monday, May 5th, 2025
In this Techstrong AI video interview, Stytch CEO Reed McGinley-Stempel explains how artificial intelligence (AI) agents are using application programming interfaces (APIs) to access content despite controls website owners have put in place.
In this Techstrong AI interview, Mike Vizard speaks with Reed McKinley Stempel, CEO of Stitch, about the growing concerns surrounding AI agents and their ability to bypass traditional web scraping restrictions. While many websites use tools to signal that their data shouldn't be scraped, not all large language model (LLM) providers adhere to these requests.
Stempel points out that some major platforms like Twitter and Reddit have begun locking content behind authentication to protect proprietary data and prevent unauthorized scraping-especially as they develop their own AI-driven services. This shift is prompting even smaller businesses to reconsider how accessible their data should be in an AI-dominated web environment.