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New industry initiative establishes an open category for data architectures that power real-time applications and AI agents

Learn how to migrate to Confluent Cloud in hours using Confluent’s open source Kafka Copy Paste tool. Get an in-depth introduction to the KCP tool and a walk-through of the four steps of migrating from MSK to Confluent Cloud using the tool.

Confluent built automated investigator uniting a central triage coordinator, specialized evidence agents, an adversarial evaluator, and a self-learning knowledge base. By treating alerts as a continuous stream, we analyzed 100% of volume and scaled triage throughput.

Hemut is building an AI-native operating system for trucking. Using Confluent Cloud, its platform connects trucks, back-office systems, and AI agents through real-time data, creating an automated “Internet of Freight” that has already processed more than 286 million events.

Accelerate enterprise streaming and AI workloads with new product updates across Kora, connectors, Flink, Tableflow, AI anomaly detection and forecasting, security enhancements, and WarpStream.

Explore new AI features and AI tools: support for IBM Granite Time Series models and TimesFM models (EA), enhanced Real-Time Context Engine experience, new Agent Skills, Confluent Assistant

Flink now acts as a robust engine for developers through Table API, User-Defined Functions (UDFs), and Process Table Functions (PTFs) while offering a SQL-native, dbt-integrated platform for data science and AI teams.

Every one of the 42.1 million production events flowed through Confluent’s Data Streaming Platform and that single decision is what let a small team serve a global tournament without the commentary ever falling out of sync.

Confluent Platform (CP) 8.3.0, built on Apache Kafka® 4.3.0, helps platform teams simplify Apache Flink® SQL operations, migrate their streaming infrastructure with ease, maintain unified visibility while reinforcing security and governance.

Confluent for Startups has named Berlin-based Upvest its 2026 EMEA Data Streaming Startup of the Year. Learn how Upvest uses Confluent to power real-time embedded investing, meet stringent regulatory requirements, and scale modern fintech infrastructure for leading financial institutions.

Learn how Confluent Tableflow turns Kafka topics into Iceberg tables for zero-ETL analytics with automatic schema evolution and open catalog access.

Explore how SASL PLAIN and SCRAM work in Kafka, the role of Login Modules in authentication, and how ConfigProvider enables secure, hot-reload of credentials without downtime.

Financial institutions must process fraud detection in real time without sacrificing security or uptime. Confluent Cloud leverages Kafka and Flink to deliver a secure, compliant, and highly resilient data streaming platform that stops fraud in-flight while meeting strict financial regulations.