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    • RUNTIMES
    • [API Gateway ](/products/kong-gateway)API Gateway
    • [AI Gateway ](/products/kong-ai-gateway)AI Gateway
    • [Event Gateway ](/products/event-gateway)Event Gateway
    • [Service Mesh ](/products/kong-mesh)Service Mesh
    • [Context Mesh ](/products/kong-konnect/features/context-mesh)Context Mesh
    • [Ingress Controller ](/products/kong-ingress-controller)Ingress Controller
    • [Kong Operator ](/products/kong-operator)Kong Operator
    • CORE SERVICES
    • [MCP Registry ](/products/mcp-registry)MCP Registry
    • [API Service Catalog ](/products/kong-konnect/features/api-service-catalog)API Service Catalog
    • [Runtime Management ](/products/kong-konnect/features/runtime-management)Runtime Management
    • [APIOps & Automation ](/products/apiops-automation)APIOps & Automation
    • APPS & AI AGENTS
    • [Developer Portal ](/products/kong-konnect/features/developer-portal)Developer Portal
    • [Usage Billing & Metering ](/products/kong-konnect/features/usage-based-metering-and-billing)Usage Billing & Metering
    • [Observability ](/products/kong-konnect/features/api-observability)Observability
    • [KAi Agent ](/products/kong-konnect/features/kai-ai-agent)KAi Agent
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      • FOR PLATFORM TEAMS
      • [Developer Platform ](/solutions/building-developer-platform)Developer Platform
      • [Kubernetes and Microservices ](/solutions/build-on-kubernetes)Kubernetes and Microservices
      • [Observability ](/solutions/observability)Observability
      • [Service Mesh Connectivity ](/solutions/service-mesh-connectivity)Service Mesh Connectivity
      • [Kafka Event Streaming ](/solutions/kafka-stream-api-management)Kafka Event Streaming
      • FOR EXECUTIVES
      • [AI Connectivity ](/ai-connectivity)AI Connectivity
      • [Open Banking ](/solutions/open-banking)Open Banking
      • [Legacy Migration ](/solutions/legacy-api-management-migration)Legacy Migration
      • [Platform Cost Reduction ](/solutions/api-platform-consolidation)Platform Cost Reduction
      • [Kafka Cost Optimization ](/solutions/reduce-kafka-cost)Kafka Cost Optimization
      • [API Monetization ](/solutions/api-monetization)API Monetization
      • [AI Monetization ](/solutions/ai-monetization)AI Monetization
      • [AI FinOps ](/solutions/ai-cost-governance-finops)AI FinOps
      • FOR AI TEAMS
      • [Agent Gateway ](/agent-gateway)Agent Gateway
      • [AI Governance ](/solutions/ai-governance)AI Governance
      • [AI Security ](/solutions/ai-security)AI Security
      • [AI Cost Control ](/solutions/ai-cost-optimization-management)AI Cost Control
      • [Agentic Infrastructure ](/solutions/agentic-ai-workflows)Agentic Infrastructure
      • [MCP Production ](/solutions/mcp-production-and-consumption)MCP Production
      • [MCP Traffic Gateway ](/solutions/mcp-governance)MCP Traffic Gateway
      • FOR DEVELOPERS
      • [Mobile App API Development ](/solutions/mobile-application-api-development)Mobile App API Development
      • [GenAI App Development ](/solutions/power-openai-applications)GenAI App Development
      • [API Gateway for Istio ](/solutions/istio-gateway)API Gateway for Istio
      • [Decentralized Load Balancing ](/solutions/decentralized-load-balancing)Decentralized Load Balancing
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      • [Financial Services ](/solutions/financial-services-industry)Financial Services
      • [Healthcare ](/solutions/healthcare)Healthcare
      • [Higher Education ](/solutions/api-platform-for-education-services)Higher Education
      • [Insurance ](/solutions/insurance)Insurance
      • [Manufacturing ](/solutions/manufacturing)Manufacturing
      • [Retail ](/solutions/retail)Retail
      • [Software & Technology ](/solutions/software-and-technology)Software & Technology
      • [Transportation ](/solutions/transportation-and-logistics)Transportation
      • [See all Solutions ](/solutions)See all Solutions
  • [Pricing ](/pricing)Pricing
      • DOCUMENTATION
      • [Kong Konnect ](https://developer.konghq.com/konnect/)Kong Konnect
      • [Kong Gateway ](https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/)Kong Gateway
      • [Kong Mesh ](https://developer.konghq.com/mesh/)Kong Mesh
      • [Kong AI Gateway ](https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/)Kong AI Gateway
      • [Kong Event Gateway ](https://developer.konghq.com/event-gateway/)Kong Event Gateway
      • [Kong Insomnia ](https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/)Kong Insomnia
      • [Plugin Hub ](https://developer.konghq.com/plugins/)Plugin Hub
      • EXPLORE
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      • [eBooks ](/resources/e-book)eBooks
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      • [Demos ](/resources/demos)Demos
      • [Customer Stories ](/customer-stories)Customer Stories
      • [Videos ](/resources/videos)Videos
      • EVENTS
      • [API + AI Summit ](/events/conferences/api-ai-summit)API + AI Summit
      • [Agentic Era World Tour ](/agentic-era-world-tour)Agentic Era World Tour
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      • [User Calls ](/events/user-calls)User Calls
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  3. About Kong Inc.

# Kong powers API and AI connectivity

Kong provides the foundation that enables any company to securely adopt AI and become an API-first company — speeding up time to market, creating new business opportunities, and delivering superior products and services. 

Built on the world's most adopted API gateway, Kong's easy-to-use cloud API platform delivers fast, reliable, secure digital experiences. With Kong, organizations can increase developer productivity, security, and performance at scale with the unified platform for API gateways, AI gateways, service meshes, and ingress controllers.

400B+

API calls a day

900+

Customers

160K+

Community members

## Don’t just take our word for it.

From [Gartner](/resources/reports/gartner-magic-quadrant-api)Gartner to [G2](/blog/news/g2-leader-top-api-management-tools)G2, Kong is recognized as a leader by
builders and businesses.

## Meet our leadership team

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Augusto Marietti

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Augusto Marietti

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Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder

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Marco Palladino

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Marco Palladino

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Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder

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Juliette Rizkallah

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Juliette Rizkallah

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Chief Marketing Officer

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Gunjan Aggarwal

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Gunjan Aggarwal

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Chief People Officer

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Joe Eskenazi

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Joe Eskenazi

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Chief Revenue Officer

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Bruce Felt

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Bruce Felt

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Chief Financial Officer

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Saju Pillai

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Saju Pillai

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Senior Vice President, Engineering

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Reza Shafii

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Reza Shafii

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Senior Vice President, Product

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Ken Kim

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Ken Kim

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Senior Vice President, Business Development

[](/company/team/ken-kim)

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## Get started with the API & AI platform

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    • Company
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    • [Customers ](/customer-stories)Customers
    • [Careers ](/company/careers)Careers
    • [Press ](/company/press-room)Press
    • [Events ](/events)Events
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    • Platform
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    • [Kong Konnect ](/products/kong-konnect)Kong Konnect
    • [Kong Gateway ](/products/kong-gateway)Kong Gateway
    • [Kong Event Gateway ](/products/event-gateway)Kong Event Gateway
    • [Kong Insomnia ](/products/kong-insomnia)Kong Insomnia
    • [Documentation ](https://developer.konghq.com)Documentation
    • [Book Demo ](/contact-sales)Book Demo
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    • [Kong vs Apigee ](/performance-comparison/kong-vs-apigee)Kong vs Apigee
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    • [Kong vs Postman ](/performance-comparison/kong-vs-postman)Kong vs Postman
    • [Kong vs Mulesoft ](/performance-comparison/kong-vs-mulesoft)Kong vs Mulesoft
    • Explore More
    • [Open Banking API Solutions ](/solutions/open-banking)Open Banking API Solutions
    • [API Governance Solutions ](/solutions/api-governance)API Governance Solutions
    • [Istio API Gateway Integration ](/solutions/istio-gateway)Istio API Gateway Integration
    • [Kubernetes API Management ](/solutions/build-on-kubernetes)Kubernetes API Management
    • [API Gateway: Build vs Buy ](/campaign/secure-api-scalability)API Gateway: Build vs Buy
    • [Kong vs Apigee ](/performance-comparison/kong-vs-apigee)Kong vs Apigee
    • Open Source
    • [Kong Gateway ](https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/install/)Kong Gateway
    • [Kuma ](https://kuma.io/)Kuma
    • [Insomnia ](https://insomnia.rest/)Insomnia
    • [Kong Community ](/community)Kong Community

Kong enables the connectivity layer for the agentic era – securely connecting, governing, and monetizing APIs and AI tokens across any model or cloud.

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