Kong Announces API Summit 2025 to Unleash the Agentic AI Era

The Global API Event Returns Live In New York City on Oct. 14–15 

SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, 2025 — Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API and AI technologies, has announced the agenda for its eighth annual API Summit returning in-person on Oct. 14-15, 2025, in New York City (at Convene Brookfield Place). The packed conference is focused on helping today’s API technology leaders prepare for the agentic AI era and will feature speakers from global brands including BMW and ING Bank, as well as keynotes from AI luminary and former Chief Decision Scientist at Google, Cassie Kozyrkov; Emmy-nominated actor and former White House advisor, Kal Penn; and prominent futurist and author, Ray Kurzweil.

API Summit 2025 brings together industry leaders to learn and discover new API strategies, engage in hands-on technical workshops and see the latest API innovations impacting AI connectivity, cloud, API security, event streaming, agentic workflows and much more. Attendees will also gain insight into Kong’s latest solutions, get an exclusive preview of the upcoming product roadmap, and explore best practices for leveraging Kong Konnect, the unified API platform for building, running, discovering, and governing APIs, in the agentic AI era.

The full list of sessions and speakers can be found here. 

“Now is the time for builders, developers, leaders and platform teams to ask whether their API  technology and strategies are ready for an agentic AI future — or whether they’re stuck in the past. The speed at which the AI wave is hitting is unlike anything the tech world has seen since the dawn of the Internet. This is a ‘Mosaic Moment’ — a turning point that will make or break companies around the world if not ready to embrace the change,” said Augusto Marietti, CEO and Co-Founder, Kong Inc. “If you understand that there is no AI without APIs, then you’ll want to be at the API Summit this year!”

As part of API Summit 2025, Kong will also host:

• The Kong Innovator Awards, celebrating standout customer achievements in API and AI innovation and recognize organizations pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with Kong. Winners will be honored live during the API Summit awards ceremony on Oct. 15. If your team has a compelling story to share, you can apply here.

• The fifth annual API Summit Hackathon, focused on agentic AI, is designed to foster creativity within the Kong community. Whether you're a developer solving real problems or experimenting with bold new ideas, this is your chance to get recognized for your work with $10,000 in prizes up for grabs. Submissions will be open from Sept. 15–30, learn more here. 

Sponsors of this year's event include AWS, Google Cloud, and Harness.

Learn more about Kong’s API Summit 2025 and register for the event here.