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That's a wrap on API + AI Summit 2026, Kong's biggest in-person event yet. The event brought together more than 1,000 engineers, architects, and leaders in Los Angeles to discuss running AI systems in production, tackle shared architecture challenges, and swap real-world insights. Couldn’t attend…
Standing up a production agent means taking it through six stages: At API & AI Summit, we announced the evolution of Kong Konnect into the AI Connectivity Platform and announced a slate of launches built around that idea. Here's what we launched, where each piece fits, and what you can use today.…
We're thrilled to announce that Kong, the AI connectivity company, has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management for the seventh year in a row. Plus, Kong was positioned furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis for the third year in a row, among all 17 vendors…
Kong has been named Great Place To Work Certified™ in the US for the fourth time. The certification comes straight from the people who’d know best: 95% of employees at Kong say it’s a great place to work, compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company. Great Place To Work runs a…
We're pulling back the curtain on a project we've been working on for some time now: the next evolution of the Kong brand. You may have noticed some changes recently to our site, swag, or socials. But today it's official: we're announcing Kong's rebrand and introducing our new mascot, Karl. Without…
Kong is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: API Management Software, Q3 2026 . Read the full report: The Forrester Wave™: API Management Software, Q3 2026 . APIs used to be about connecting systems to each other. Now they're also how AI agents connect to everything: tools, data, other agents.…
This September, Hollywood’s spotlight shines on Kong as we welcome our global partner ecosystem back for another action-packed Kong Partner Summit 2026 preceding API + AI Summit! Together, we'll explore how organizations are moving beyond AI experimentation to production-ready, enterprise-scale…
One of the most rewarding parts of my role is hearing from employees that Kong is a place where they can do meaningful work, grow their careers, and genuinely enjoy the people they work with. That's why I'm thrilled to share that Kong has been named to the Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay…
Go beyond AI theory and hype, and dig into what's actually running now at Kong's API + AI Summit 2026 , the must-attend AI and API conference of 2026, Sept. 30–Oct. 1 at the InterContinental Los Angeles. Register now , and join the people who've made the calls, hit the walls, and figured out…
Our annual Kong Innovator Awards celebrate the people actually doing the work: the builders, engineers, and teams using Kong to solve hard problems in ways we didn't expect. Let’s be clear – these aren't participation trophies. They recognize the customers who pushed further, shipped something…
We want to ensure that our customers know that Kong is not affected by the PyPI LiteLLM incident publicized yesterday. Kong does not rely on LiteLLM — whether PyPI-distributed or otherwise — for any components in our runtime stack. As you may know, a supply chain vulnerability affecting LiteLLM…
Enterprise product teams are squarely in the throes of a massive shift. New Gartner research crystalized that companies using AI tools for product management are reaping a significant 35% productivity gain and achieving a two to three-year time-to-market advantage over those who wait. In their…
We’re proud to share that Kong Insomnia has been recognized as a vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for API and MCP Testing Tools in February, 2026. In a rapidly evolving landscape where AI-driven integration and MCP servers are reshaping how APIs are built, tested, and consumed, being recognized…
We're excited to announce that Kong just took home the AI Innovator of the Year award from SiliconANGLE Media's 2026 Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards. SiliconANGLE Media runs this annual awards program to recognize companies, technologies, and people moving the needle in B2B tech. Winners go through a…
The APIs that have been powering websites and apps created a massive market, but there are only up to 8 billion humans consuming them behind pixels. As LLMs are taking over the world — in the form of productized agents first — there will be 100X more machines than humans. The internet built for…
Kong is excited to announce Solace as the newest member of our Premium Technology Partner Program, a program designed to deliver high-quality, reliable integrations that provide real business value for customers. Together, Kong and Solace unify API-driven and real-time data movement into a single,…