The latest news and announcements about Kong, our products, and our ecosystem, as well as voices from across our community.
In the rapidly evolving world of API management, the conversation around "the great unbundling of API management" has recently gained traction. This movement, highlighted by industry experts and analysts, including a recent Forbes article , reflects a shift towards a more componentized approach in…
We want our engineering teams to move fast and be agile, yet many organizations confuse ownership of the infrastructure with ownership of the policies. The latter is what engineering teams want to rapidly iterate and develop their APIs. The former is the responsibility of the platform team. In this…
As API adoption continues, early autonomy incentives often have led to shadow IT and infrastructure sprawl. To secure our growing API attack surface, technology leaders must implement organizational accountability through security oversight, platform observability, and role clarity. Establishing…
We recently shared an important milestone that I believe is a testament to our unwavering commitment and passion. Kong Inc., your trusted partner in cloud API technologies, has been officially accredited by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore. And I wanted to take a moment…
As 2023 gets played off and 2024 eagerly awaits its turn in the spotlight, let’s look back at the past 365-ish days in the land of Kong. It’s the year's final post, and we’re playing nothing but the hits! Read on for a recap of the biggest Kong news from 2023. Kong Inc. surpassed…
Watching Kong grow from a tiny place over the years has been a once-in-a-lifetime shared journey with our Kongers and investors. Today, I’m thrilled to announce that Kong has recently reached another instrumental milestone: surpassing $100 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). This…
Kong is expanding its global footprint with a new joint venture in Japan. In partnership with Japan Cloud — a Tokyo-based consultancy that helps high-growth cloud companies to succeed in Japan — Kong is establishing a local subsidiary in Tokyo to accelerate growth in the Japanese market. Japan…
You may be wondering, "What's so special about the Kong Community? Why should I be a part of it?" The answer is pretty simple: it's the people and the way they empower one another. Throughout my career working in tech, I've never seen a community that's so diverse yet so close at the same…
We started 2023 by closing our fiscal year and achieving hypergrowth — once again. We've surpassed 600 customers, increased our employee base by 22% year over year, opened our newest office in Singapore following rapid growth in the Asia Pacific region, and expanded meetups to 46 countries and more…
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our brand-new office in Singapore. On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, we officially launched our new location at the heart of this dynamic city. This opening is the culmination of all the hard work and growth we have accomplished over the past few years, not only…
Working in a global company can come with a few challenges. As one Konger starts work at 9 a.m. in San Francisco, it's the middle of the night in Singapore, the sun's about to set in London, and New Yorkers are ducking out for lunch. When your teammates aren't confined to a single office,…
We created the Kong Champions program as a way to acknowledge and encourage community members, such as developers and advocates, who are going above and beyond in the Kong community. They help us to grow, learn, and create better tools and products as a company. With 18 Champions all over the…
One of Kong's core values is to be an "Explorer" — to be ever curious, always learning, and willing to make bold moves. This value can be demonstrated in many ways, from questioning the status quo to taking on new (and often intimidating) challenges. Most of us grow as a function of simply doing…
Our Kong family continues to grow! Today, we're beyond excited to welcome Chirag Shah to the leadership team as our new chief financial officer (CFO) . Chirag will play an instrumental role in growing operations and helping Kong scale to new heights in the year to come. He joins us from Cornerstone…
Since I started at Kong, we've always been a heavily international company. This has been a unique and fulfilling experience as we come in with a variety of backgrounds. However, it comes with some challenges. Most notably, the time differences as we're now fully remote and spread over the world.…
As Kong continues to expand its global footprint, we recently added Kore Labs , experts in FinTech digital product lifecycle management solutions, to the Kong customer community in the UK. Kore built its cloud-enabled solution on top of Kong in order to revamp its architecture to scale and provide…
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