Ambassador, an API innovation company, has been recognized as the winner of Hackernoon's 2024 Startup of the Year award for Denver, Colorado, amid participation from over 30,500 startups across 560 cities. This accolade, which emerged from 949,900 votes, highlights Ambassador's influence in the developer community, particularly with its new product, Blackbird, which aims to shape the future of APIs in the era of AI. Ambassador has a history of recognition, receiving accolades such as a Gartner API Management 2024 Honorable Mention and Best Microservice API for Edge Stack API Gateway in 2023. Hackernoon's award, a prominent community-driven event, celebrates innovation across tech startups globally and involves extensive participation from over 150,000 entities in more than 4,200 cities. Ambassador, founded in 2014 and backed by investors like Insight Partners, continues to optimize software development with tools that enhance API development and delivery, including its flagship Blackbird API Development Platform.