Kong

‼️ ICYMI: Kong CEO Augusto Marietti recently joined MTS to discuss the reverse information paradox, AI governance at the traffic layer, and token cost control Hear what he had to say about the reverse information paradox below!

Not enough people have realized the headless SaaS wave that's coming. Headless architecture exposes every system capability as an API, tool call, or CLI command. It decouples functionality from the UI so actions can be triggered programmatically, without a human in the loop. The shift to headless matters because systems accessible only through a UI are basically invisible to agents and become bottlenecks in any automated workflow. Early adopters like Salesforce are already rebuilding their platforms around this reality (SFDC 360). But we should also note that although API exposure is the starting point, agent-readiness also requires: (Discovery) agents need to find the right tool reliably (Scoped context) fresh, trustworthy data with appropriate access boundaries (Runtime governance) auth, rate limits, and data controls enforced at the API layer (Cost controls) agents in a loop can burn budget faster than any human (Protocol breadth) MCP, A2A, and event-driven patterns alongside REST

Live previews of your Konnect Developer Portal, straight from VS Code. We just shipped the Konnect Dev Portal Toolkit from Kong. It's a free extension that renders your MDC content in real time, right beside your editor. Your portal's actual styling, components, and branding. See what your developers will see before you ship. Component completions come from your portal's metadata, not templates. Design tokens from your portal theme flow into every page automatically. You iterate faster. You ship with confidence. Add the Konnect MCP server and hand this same loop to an AI agent. Give it a target design and it learns your component catalog, applies your desired look and feel, and iterates on the MDC using live preview URLs until it matches. Brand-consistent, validated pages without a human in the loop. The extension and MCP work independently or together. Build the workflow that fits how your team moves. https://lnkd.in/eBagSxSs

ModelOp + Kong = Real policy enforcement at runtime. You own the AI portfolio. You approved the agents. Now control what they can reach. ModelOp's Enterprise AI Command Center and Kong automatically allow, restrict, or block every AI model, agent, and tool. Read all about our partnership and integration with Kong in Alex Rice's blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gd_i_QyT

62% of enterprises have zero visibility into where their LLMs are running. That number gets scarier every quarter AI adoption speeds up. We expanded our partnership with Kong to close that gap. Harness now plugs directly into Kong AI Gateway, so every agent, MCP server, and LLM-powered service gets discovered and monitored automatically. Full rundown of what's new: https://bit.ly/4pDBfds

This week marks a special milestone for Kong as we opened our newest office in Milan - a return to the city where our co-founders first started 🍝 It's just one part of the incredible momentum we're seeing across EMEA, which includes: 🏢 A new office in Paris, plus expanded offices in London and Budapest 📈 72% year-over-year growth in our EMEA customer base 👥 71% growth in our regional team over the past two years Check out our recent announcement to learn more about Kong's growth across EMEA: https://bit.ly/3RwZr4q

The must-see event of the fall isn’t on the big screen. 🍿 It’s where the people building the future of AI are coming together - API + AI Summit 2026! We're bringing together the engineers, architects, and technology leaders shaping how AI moves from experimentation into production. The next chapter of AI is being written now. Don’t miss the premiere. Join us September 30–October 1 in Los Angeles. Get your ticket here: https://bit.ly/4b7qQ3D 🎟️

Who will be at Ai4 in a couple of weeks? 🙋 Stop by booth #1021 to meet the team and talk about how Kong enables builders to fully focus on building agents, and helps you control costs for all AI resource consumption and monetize agent, MCP and API access. And, if you'll be there early on Monday the 3rd for the trainings and sessions, RSVP for the workshop from Dan Temkin, Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager, "Attribute It. Govern It. Monetize It. Experience it in Action" where you'll learn how to attribute spend and turn it into realized revenue. Let us know if we'll see you there!

In many CROs, AI has already proven it can deliver value. The question now is whether the surrounding ecosystem is ready to support it. As Agentic AI takes on more responsibility – governance, integration and control become foundational, not optional. Join Persistent and Kong for a closed-door discussion on the architecture, operating models, and trust frameworks required to scale AI with confidence. Beyond the demos. Into deployment. Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/d6BmGurW Anand Krishnan, Sameer Dixit, Brij Gupta, Rakesh Tripathi, Gagandeep Singh Hora, Ankur Jain, Anuj Kaushal, Tushar Nawale

I've been working on workload identity for 10 years. It's broken. Most identity providers are squarely oriented (and priced) around users. Software systems are an afterthought. Workload identity and metadata is relegated to static secrets, or cumbersome secrets managers that are implemented, governed, and run by different teams. And now agents are here, and the intersection of human and machine identity has never been more critical get right - or more complex. At Kong - I've spent the last several months with one of the best engineering teams I've ever worked with building something better. Something that bridges your existing human identity providers with the the credentials, remote machine identities, registries and metadata your software systems need to operate securely and be governed reliably. Something that works accross all your IdPs, clouds, and vaults. And of course, something that integrates seamlessly with your existing API Gateways, Event Gateways and Developer Portals. Today we're announcing the foundation of this vision, Kong Identity Principals. Workload identity battle tested for real world enterprise conditions. https://lnkd.in/gkuKA53v Give it a try, and let me know what you think!