Alex Chalkias

Alex Chalkias

Principal Product Manager

Alex is an experienced PM focused on cloud solutions. He likes working at the tech-business intersection, navigating complex projects, and uncovering customer needs. Outside work, he enjoys tennis, binge-watching series, and cooking for friends.

Articles by Alex Chalkias
Agentic AIElastic Cloud Serverless

Your AI agent doesn't need your API key: OAuth 2.1 for Elasticsearch MCP server authentication

OAuth 2.1 lets you connect AI agents to the Elasticsearch MCP server with a browser sign-in instead of an API key. Your agent gets a short-lived token tied to your permissions that you can revoke any time.

Alex Chalkias
Elastic Cloud ServerlessDeveloper Experience

Introducing unified API keys for Elastic Cloud Serverless and Elasticsearch

Learn how Elastic unified control plane and data plane authentication in Serverless with a globally distributed IAM architecture. Use one API key for Cloud and Elasticsearch APIs.

Alex Chalkias