AI APIs don't get enough credit for how much weight they're actually carrying. These AI APIs aren't merely technical connectors. They're, in fact, cost drivers and potential revenue engines. And when something goes sideways, they're ground zero. In production, they behave nothing like the…
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For enterprise teams evaluating API testing tools like Insomnia and Postman, understanding the real cost is critical. Postman’s recent changes and Insomnia’s alternative approach tell different stories. Let’s dive in. TL;DR: Free collaboration with Postman — a myth On March 1st, 2026, Postman…
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Event-driven architectures (EDAs) have pretty quickly transformed from a niche engineering pattern to the all-pervasive central nervous system of the modern enterprise. With Apache Kafka at the helm, enterprises are rapidly shifting gears from synchronous REST APIs to asynchronous event streams to…
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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…
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Bringing APIs and events together has always been a challenge. REST APIs give developers a familiar interface, while event brokers like Solace Broker excel at fan-out, filtering, and scalable, reliable event delivery. The tricky part? Bridging these two worlds without building a lot of custom glue.…
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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…
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AI connectivity is enterprise infrastructure that governs, secures, routes, observes, and optimizes all AI interactions —providing the control layer organizations need to transform experimental AI into production-ready systems. Executive Summary AI adoption has moved past the "honeymoon phase" and…
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As enterprises race to deploy multicloud architectures and Agentic AI, they face a common bottleneck: "state." To govern AI token usage, manage agent-to-agent communication, or optimize performance via caching, API and AI gateways require a persistence layer to synchronize data. We’re excited to…
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A persistent challenge arises as businesses adopt multicloud architectures and agentic AI: the need for state synchronization. API and AI gateways require a robust persistence layer to synchronize data, whether it's for governing AI token usage, facilitating agent-to-agent communication, or…
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As enterprises start deploying AI agents into real systems, a new architectural challenge is emerging. Agents need a reliable way to discover tools, services, and capabilities dynamically, instead of relying on hardcoded integrations. This is where the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem is…
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In the burgeoning intelligence economy, AI tokens are a metered utility, but enterprise profitability now hinges on a critical distinction: output tokens can cost up to 10x more than inputs, creating a new, invisible risk for cost overruns, particularly with Agentic AI. Learn how Kong AI Gateway…
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The AI coding and Agent Harness approach is no longer experimental. This is likely the most impactful agentic AI use case in production today, and Claude Code is one of the solutions really leading the charge. But as engineering teams race to adopt Claude Code across their organizations, a critical…
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The recent article on OpenAI overhauling its payment systems to reduce its dependency on Stripe highlights an important tension many digital platform builders face today: how to balance usage-based monetization with the realities of payments infrastructure dependency. At Kong, we see this as a…
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We've been all ears. Your workflows clearly told us what mattered most: tabs that adapt to how you actually work, Git commits you can actually understand, and admin controls that don't require a manual to navigate. Insomnia v12.4 discards the friction so you can focus on what’s most important:…
[](/blog/product-releases/insomnia-12-4)TL:DR Imagine 47 million requests hitting your platform last month. Can you prove who made each one—and invoice with confidence? If that question tightens your stomach, you're not alone. Metered billing for APIs promises fair, transparent pricing that scales with customer success. But it only works…
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