During an interview at the PhocusWire studio at Phocuswright Europe, Maxim Sevastianov, founder and CEO of Trava, said he defines API connectivity success in the course of a long game.

“You define that there is a certain need in the market for that particular application, right?” he said. “Then you develop and you talk to the customers, of course, and they say there is a need for that.”

However, it's unlikely that success will be immediate.

“I would say three to six months later, that's when I would say whether it's successful when you look at the numbers,” Sevastianov said. “It's not gonna happen a week or two, or whatever it takes a few months.” 

But with new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) advancing at a rapid pace, the definition of success for connectivity providers could be shifting, too.

During an interview at the PhocusWire studio at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.phocuswrighteurope.com/" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="5cadecf187056a000ef37147">Phocuswright Europe</a>, Maxim Sevastianov, founder and CEO of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.trava.co/" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="5cadecf187056a000ef37147">Trava</a>, said he defines API connectivity success in the course of a long game.
&ldquo;You define that there is a certain need in the market for that particular application, right?&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Then you develop and you talk to the customers, of course, and they say there is a need for that.&rdquo;
However, it's unlikely that success will be immediate.
&ldquo;I would say three to six months later, that's when I would say whether it's successful when you look at the numbers,&rdquo; Sevastianov said. &ldquo;It's not gonna happen a week or two, or whatever it takes a few months.&rdquo;&nbsp;
But with new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) advancing at a rapid pace, the definition of success for connectivity providers could be shifting, too.

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Travel's 'plumbers' on the evolving definition of connectivity success, featuring Trava's founder and CEO Maxim Sevastianov