Angie Jones

Head of Developer Relations

Block, Inc.

Roadblock Title:

Letting AI speak fintech: How we made our APIs AI-agent friendly

Time:

Wednesday - 2:00 PM (Tower A)

Abstract:

AI agents are becoming a powerful way to interact with fintech products. However, without a standardized approach, connecting to various AI agents requires custom integrations, which is difficult to scale.

To solve this, we built wrappers around our APIs using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that acts as a universal gateway. This allows any AI agent using MCP to interact with our APIs on behalf of our customers.

With this, customers can engage with our products using natural language. Instead of navigating multiple dashboards, businesses using our services can simply type something like “pause all subscription payments for customers in Florida due to the hurricane and notify them.” And any AI agent, powered by the MCP Server, automatically handles the rest.

Bio:

Angie Jones is the Global Vice President of Developer Relations at Block, Inc.

An award-winning educator and international keynote speaker, Angie shares her extensive knowledge with software companies and conference audiences worldwide.

As a Master Inventor, Angie is recognized for her innovative, out-of-the-box thinking, which has led to 27 patented inventions in virtual worlds, collaboration software, social networking, smarter planet initiatives, and software development processes.