Kong
San Francisco, California, USA · Founded 2017
201-500 employees · series-d
Kong is a leading provider of API management and service connectivity solutions, specializing in cloud-native API gateway technology and microservices management platforms. The company's flagship product, Kong Gateway, is built on top of NGINX and provides a scalable, open-source foundation for managing, securing, and connecting APIs and microservices across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Kong has established itself as a critical infrastructure component for enterprises undergoing digit...
Where they sit
Kong is recognized as a leader in the API management and service connectivity space, particularly strong in cloud-native and microservices environments. The company has differentiated itself through its open-source heritage, high-performance architecture, and Kubernetes-native approach, appealing to DevOps and platform engineering teams.