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# Enterprise AI

Bridge AI innovation with enterprise scale and security. Explore strategies, architectures, and success stories that show how organizations are deploying AI responsibly and effectively across complex, API-driven environments.

# LiteLLM vs Kong: Choosing the Right Enterprise AI Gateway for Production

[AI Gateway](/blog/tag/ai-gateway)AI GatewayMay 7, 2026

An enterprise AI gateway should provide a centralized point of policy enforcement for routing, governing, securing, and observing artificial intelligence traffic at scale. LiteLLM is one of many AI gateways that can cover the foundational AI connectivity needs teams often start with. For…

Adam Jiroun
[](/blog/enterprise/kong-ai-gateway-vs-litellm)

# Kong A2A and MCP Metrics: Visibility and Governance for AI Tool Adoption at Scale

[AI Gateway](/blog/tag/ai-gateway)AI GatewayApril 23, 2026

Scaling LLM and agentic AI adoption from pilot programs to enterprise-wide deployments is a massive logistical rollout. As AI and agentic usage grow, so does a nagging question for leadership: Are agents using the right tools to get the job done? While raw infrastructure metrics might tell you if a…

Amit Shah
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-ai-governance-metrics-a2a-mcp)

# Build vs Buy: The Hidden Costs of DIY MCP Server Infrastructure

[MCP](/blog/tag/mcp)MCPApril 13, 2026

You whipped up a simple MCP server prototype over the weekend. It routed a single AI agent to a few internal tools, your demo impressed leadership, and the team asked the dreaded question: "When can we ship?" You smiled and said, "Give me two weeks." Fast-forward three months . You’re firefighting…

Kong
[](/blog/enterprise/build-vs-buy-mcp-server-infrastructure)

# 5 Best Practices for Securing AI Microservices at Scale in 2026

[Microservices](/blog/tag/microservices)MicroservicesApril 2, 2026

The microservices revolution promised agility and scalability. Teams could deploy faster, scale independently, and innovate without monolithic constraints. You gain speed and flexibility, but you also multiply trust boundaries, identities, network paths, and policy decisions. Then came AI, and…

Kong
[](/blog/engineering/5-best-practices-securing-microservices-scale)

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# From Microservices to AI Traffic — Kong as the Unified Control Plane

[Agentic AI](/blog/tag/agentic-ai)Agentic AIMarch 30, 2026

Modern enterprise architecture faces a three-body problem. Three distinct traffic patterns pull your teams in different directions. External APIs serve mobile apps and partner integrations. Internal microservices communicate within Kubernetes clusters. AI and LLM calls flow to OpenAI, AWS Bedrock,…

Kong
[](/blog/enterprise/microservices-to-ai-traffic-kong-as-the-unified-control-plane)

# Managing the Chaos: How AI Gateways Enable Scalable AI Connectivity

[AI Connectivity](/blog/tag/ai-connectivity)AI ConnectivityMarch 16, 2026

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…

Kong
[](/blog/enterprise/ai-gateways-for-scalable-ai-connectivity)

# Agentic AI Cost Management: Stopping Margin Erosion and the Fragmentation Tax

[Agentic AI](/blog/tag/agentic-ai)Agentic AIJanuary 30, 2026

While every organization races to deploy AI agents faster, finance departments are watching something alarming unfold—and it will play a large part in determining who survives the agentic era. The numbers are stark: 84% of companies report more than 6% gross margin erosion from AI costs. Within…

Alex Drag
[](/blog/enterprise/ai-cost-management-stopping-margin-erosion)

# Agentic AI Governance: Managing Shadow AI and Risk for Competitive Advantage

[Agentic AI](/blog/tag/agentic-ai)Agentic AIJanuary 30, 2026

While every organization races to deploy AI agents faster, a quieter crisis is compounding in the background, and it will play a large part in determining who survives the agentic era. The numbers are stark. Too many executives see AI governance as a brake on innovation or something to figure out…

Alex Drag
[](/blog/enterprise/agentic-ai-governance-managing-shadow-ai-risk)

# From Strategy to Action: See Konnect Metering & Billing in Motion

[Kong Konnect](/blog/tag/kong-konnect)Kong KonnectJanuary 22, 2026

See how easily Konnect Metering & Billing transforms API and AI traffic management into new revenue streams. We've talked about why 2026 is the year of AI unit economics . There, we explored the "2025 hangover" where organizations realized that without financial governance, AI isn't just a science…

Dan Temkin
[](/blog/product-releases/konnect-metering-and-billing-demo)

# Agentic AI Integration: Why Gartner’s "Context Mesh" Changes Everything

[AI Connectivity](/blog/tag/ai-connectivity)AI ConnectivityJanuary 16, 2026

Gartner just published research that should be required reading for every platform and infrastructure leader building for the agentic era. The report, " How to Enable Agentic AI via API-Based Integration ," makes a stark claim: incrementally reworking existing APIs and connector-based integrations…

Alex Drag
[](/blog/enterprise/gartners-context-mesh)

# Building the Agentic AI Developer Platform: A 5-Pillar Framework

[Enterprise AI](/blog/tag/enterprise-ai)Enterprise AIJanuary 15, 2026

The agentic era is here, and it's exposing a critical gap in enterprise infrastructure. AI agents are no longer experimental. As many as 9 out of 10 enterprise organizations are actively adopting AI agents. Agents are making autonomous decisions, orchestrating complex workflows, and interacting…

Alex Drag
[](/blog/enterprise/agentic-ai-developer-platform)

# New Year, New Unit Economics: Konnect Metering & Billing Is Here

[API Monetization](/blog/tag/api-monetization)API MonetizationJanuary 6, 2026

If your 2026 resolution is to finally get AI costs under control , we've got you covered. Every January, the same resolutions show up: eat better, exercise more, finally learn that language, finally figure out that production use case for AI agents (OK, this one isn’t so typical unless you operate…

Alex Drag
[](/blog/product-releases/ai-cost-control)

# From Browser to Prompt: Building Infra for the Agentic Internet

[AI Gateway](/blog/tag/ai-gateway)AI GatewayNovember 13, 2025

A burgeoning cutting-edge technology has been fundamentally transforming how we build automation inside disruptive businesses: agentic AI. The impact of agentic AI is already shaping up to be massive. And agentic adoption is soaring: Kong's Agentic AI in the Enterprise report found that, of those…

Amit Dey
[](/blog/enterprise/building-infra-for-the-agentic-internet)

# Securing Enterprise AI: OWASP Top 10 LLM Vulnerabilities Guide

[AI](/blog/tag/ai)AIJuly 31, 2025

Organizations are going all-in on large language models (LLMs), with research finding 72% anticipate increased LLM spending in the coming year (and about 40% are already investing more than $250,000 USD per year). As enterprises rapidly adopt LLMs to transform customer experiences, automate…

Michael Field
[](/blog/engineering/owasp-top-10-ai-and-llm-guide)

# How to Master AI/LLM Traffic Management with Intelligent Gateways

How to Master AI/LLM Traffic Management with Intelligent Gateways
[AI Gateway](/blog/tag/ai-gateway)AI GatewayMay 26, 2025

As businesses increasingly harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs), a new challenge emerges: managing the deluge of AI requests flooding systems. This exponential growth in AI traffic creates what could be considered a gratifying predicament—high demand…

Kong
[](/blog/enterprise/how-to-master-aillm-traffic-management-with-intelligent-gateways)

# How the Rise of Agentic AI is Transforming API Development and Management

How the Rise of Agentic AI is Transforming API Development and Management
[AI](/blog/tag/ai)AIMay 20, 2025

The world of artificial intelligence is undergoing a seismic shift, with the emergence of agentic AI redefining the landscape of API development and management. As businesses and developers navigate the complexities of digital transformation, understanding the implications of this groundbreaking…

Kong
[](/blog/enterprise/the-rise-of-agentic-ai-transforming-the-api-management)
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