In my previous post, we discussed how we can implement a basic AI Agent with Kong AI Gateway. In part two of this series, we're going to review LangGraph fundamentals, rewrite the AI Agent and explore how Kong AI Gateway can be used to protect an LLM infrastructure as well as external functions.…
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We're excited to announce the general availability of Konnect Debugger, formerly known as Active Tracing during its tech preview phase. This powerful debugging and observability solution in Kong Konnect has evolved from a focused tracing tool into a comprehensive debugging platform. Konnect Debugge…
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We're happy to announce the 3.5 release of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC). This release includes the graduation of combined services to General Availability, support for connection draining, as well as the start of deprecating support for some Ingress types as we help move customers to the…
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We’re excited to announce the beta support for Mesh Manager in the Konnect Terraform Provider — a new tool that brings the power of infrastructure-as-code to Kong’s Service Mesh management platform. This provider enables engineering teams to declaratively manage Konnect Mesh resources using…
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This is part one of a series exploring how Kong AI Gateway can be used in an AI Agent development with LangGraph. The series comprises three parts: Basic ReAct AI Agent with Kong AI Gateway Single LLM ReAct AI Agent with Kong AI Gateway and LangGraph Multi-LLM ReAct AI Agent and LangGraph Server…
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Today, I'm excited to announce one of our largest Kong AI Gateway releases (3.11), which ships with several new features critical in building modern and reliable AI agents in production. We strongly recommend updating to this version to get access to the latest and greatest that AI infrastructure…
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We’re excited to bring you Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.11 with compelling new features to make your APIs and event streams even more powerful, including: We’ll also touch on what’s new with Konnect networking and Active Tracing. There’s a lot to unpack, so keep on reading for the full story!…
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What Is RAG, and Why Should You Use It? RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is not a new concept in AI, and unsurprisingly, when talking to companies, everyone seems to have their own interpretation of how to implement it. So, let’s start with a refresher. RAG (short for Retrieval-Augmented Gener…
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In February 2024, Kong became the first API platform to launch a dedicated AI gateway, designed to bring production-grade performance, observability, and policy enforcement to GenAI workloads. At its core, Kong’s AI Gateway provides a universal API to enable platform teams to centrally secure and…
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APIs are the digital lifelines powering modern applications, microservices, IoT devices, and everything in between. They act as the universal translators of data, ferrying information between diverse software platforms. API security encompasses the technologies, practices, and protocols dedicated…
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When we released the beta version of Service Catalog last September, it was in service of a greater API discovery vision we had for Kong Konnect as an API platform. In March of this year, we moved closer to fulfilling that vision when we announced our new, fully revamped Developer Portal designed…
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In case you missed it, we recently GA’d Kong Service Catalog as part of our broader API discovery initiative . While most API management vendors focus exclusively on the consumer side of API discovery with developer portals, we recognized a massive gap on the producer side. The result? A…
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When speaking with our customers, and particularly with platform teams, we repeatedly hear about how difficult it is to discover and govern all the services and APIs that actively run on their infrastructure. In ever-expanding and changing environments, platform teams often grapple with the…
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In March, we announced the public beta version of our reimagined Dev Portal. We set out to fully address the needs of the modern API consumer as well as the needs of the modern enterprise in promoting API adoption and reuse throughout the organization. We are excited to announce that the GA version…
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We just GA’d the new Kong Konnect Developer Portal as part of our broader API discovery initiative , and it represents a fundamental rethink of what a developer portal should be. Built from the ground up on a modern tech stack, it delivers both the simplicity teams need to get started fast and the…
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