Kong Inc.

🤔 Why is MCP quickly becoming essential for teams working at the intersection of AI, APIs and infrastructure? 💬 According to our Ross Kukulinski, it's because: 🔹LLMs Can’t Be Useful if They Can’t See Your Stack 🔹It Brings Structure to an Unstructured Ecosystem 🔹It Enables Real-Time Agent Workflows 🔹MCP Gives You Flexibility Without Lock-In 🔹It Makes AI Part of Your Governance Model 🔹It Prepares You for an AI-Native Developer Experience Read more in The New Stack: https://bit.ly/4joGLMX

AI + API Gateway Hackathon with Kong Inc., Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Cillers - what a magical event! 🏆🏆🏆 A big heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this event possible: ❤️ 70 developers and experts from HiQ, Netlight, Scania, Ericsson, IFS, Nasdaq, H&M, Magello, Truecaller, ADC consulting. TUI, Foodora, TietoEvry, Capgemini, KTH, Stockholm University, Uppsala University, and many more…. ❤️ 30 executives in the jury from Sweden largest companies including IKEA, Scania Group, ASSA ABLOY Group, Combient, Ericsson, Saab, Capgemini, Sinch, Swish, Ahlsell Sverige AB, Telia, Green Cargo, If Insurance, Sandvik, DFDS, DeLaval, IEEE Sweden etc ❤️ The Kong Crew on site with Johan Dahlström, Johannes Brännström, Ellie Parrott, Nesrin Louise Samli, Steve Lilford, Joel Abraha, and Hans Wallentin! ❤️ Tech-partners: 46elks, Opper AI and Polytope! ❤️ The AWS crew - catering staff, receptionists, and everyone who gave their all to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere. ❤️ DJ Milad A. from Magello! You are the best! 🎶 ❤️ The Cillers volunteers helping out with everything from greeting, check-in, to technical support. ❤️ Photo: Joachim Lundgren! We will soon share more of the pictures! 🧠 MINDBLOWING RESULTS At our hackathons jury members vote by offering meetings. Yesterday, 30 (!!!) meetings were requested by the jury! Let that sink in... 30 meetings... The winning team secured 8 meetings! With this structure our hackathons serve as a dynamic meeting place that fosters lifelong friendships, valuable business connections, consulting projects, recruitment opportunities, and startup ventures. Stay tuned for more fun and transformative events!

🗣️ “We provide the ability to have a universal API where developers can build once and consume as many models as they want from as many providers as they want and that improves developer efficiency but also allows us to use the best model for the job.” Hear more from our CTO and Co-Founder, Marco Palladino, on The New Stack where he discusses the latest AI Gateway updates, the future of AI agents, and what’s on Kong’s roadmap. 🤖 Watch the full interview here: https://bit.ly/3G3mUEm

‼️ NEW CHAMPION ALERT! We are thrilled to welcome Nagashree Balasundaram, Principal Architect, at LPL Financial, to our team of Kong Champions! 🗣️ “I'm excited to be part of the Kong Champions program! It’s a great chance to connect with other API enthusiasts, stay updated on the latest trends, and contribute to building new and innovative API solutions." Are you interested in becoming a Kong Champion? Apply here - https://bit.ly/4lBiXqC

🚀 JOIN US LIVE: Watch Mike and Alex build a comprehensive API Platform live! See how Konnect enables: ✔️ Self-serve API infrastructure ✔️ Support for traditional APIs, AI, and microservices ✔️ Platform-wide visibility and governance Bring your questions—see you there!

‼️ NEW CHAMPION ALERT! We are thrilled to welcome Akhil Sukhnani, Platform Engineer at Netskope, to our team of Kong Champions! 🗣️ "I’ve been building scalable infrastructure and distributed systems for the past five years. I enjoy teaching and explaining complex topics in a simple, relatable way. In my career, I’ve used Kong for many use cases like rate limiting, load balancing, and authorization—and I plan to keep using it in the future too." Are you interested in becoming a Kong Champion? Apply here - https://bit.ly/43YwnHc

It’s time to start thinking about the Agent experience. Is your API strategy ready?

MCP🤝Kong A relationship that just makes sense. 📖 Read more about Kong’s MCP Server for the Kong Konnect platform here: https://bit.ly/42ePOZv

⏰ In 90 minutes: We're diving into how AI agents will reshape API consumption. 50% of API usage will be non-human by 2028. Is your strategy ready? Join us live!

📢 Are you registered for our Insomnia 201 workshop on April 22? Don’t miss this workshop where you’ll learn how to: 🔹 Utilize Insomnia’s mock servers to aid your API development 🔹Run collections to test the functionality of your API 🔹Create and leverage unit tests to improve the uptime and reliability of your APIs in production 👉 Register now! https://bit.ly/4jeWFte