# Apollo GraphOS and Apollo MCP Server Named 2026 API Award Winners

DevFeed: [Apollo GraphOS and Apollo MCP Server Named 2026 API Award Winners](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/apollo-graphos-and-apollo-mcp-server-named-2026-api-award-winners-23187.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/apollo-graphos-and-apollo-mcp-server-named-2026-api-award-winners>)

Author: Jennifer Tyrseck

Published: 2026-09-02T16:44:59Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [MCP Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp-server.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-ecosystem.md>), [apollo-mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-mcp-server.md>), [graphos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphos.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo GraphOS and Apollo MCP Server won 2026 API Awards in the Best Innovation in API Orchestration and Best Innovation in AI API categories, respectively. The article describes GraphOS as a platform for federating and governing APIs and Apollo MCP Server as a way to expose GraphQL APIs for direct use by AI agents through the Model Context Protocol.

## Source excerpt

Exposing GraphQL APIs as tools AI agents can call directly earned Apollo MCP Server a 2026 API Award for Best Innovation in AI API. See why.