Important updates just landed across the Apache Kafka client ecosystem. Async support for Python is now GA, improved Avro support for Schema Registry and more. These updates make it easier to run Kafka clients reliably in production. Check them out below! ⤵️
Confluent
Software Development
Mountain View, California 670,343 followers
The World's Data Streaming Platform
About us
Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Our cloud-native offering is the foundational platform for data in motion --- designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, our customers can meet the new business imperative of delivering rich, digital customer experiences and real-time business operations. Our mission is to help every organization harness data in motion so they can compete and thrive in the modern world.
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http://confluent.io/
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- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, California
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2014
- Specialties
- Apache Kafka, Open Source, Stream Processing, Streaming Data, Event Streaming Platform, and Event-Driven Architecture
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Confluent Cloud
Event Stream Processing (ESP) Software
Confluent Cloud is the cloud-native service for Apache Kafka®. Connect and process all of your data in real time with a fully managed data streaming platform available everywhere you need it. Try it now for free!
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🏆 We’ve been named the Data Platform Innovator of the Year in the 2026 Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards! This award recognizes our data streaming platform’s key role in enabling seamless data operations, delivering actionable insights, and driving transformative business outcomes. A massive thank you to SiliconANGLE & theCUBE for the recognition! Learn more about the award here: https://lnkd.in/eRzPMrse
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Apache Kafka migrations can be as easy as Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. (Or Cmd+C, Cmd+V for the 🍎 crowd.) Kafka Copy Paste, our free open-source CLI tool, orchestrates migration to Confluent Cloud, streamlining the entire process by eliminating 70% of the manual work traditionally involved. See how you can cut migration timelines from months to days with near zero downtime: https://cnfl.io/3N2H3hK
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¿Qué implica ser desarrollador de software en la era de la Inteligencia Artificial? En un entorno donde la IA acelera procesos y automatiza tareas, el rol del desarrollador de software está evolucionando hacia perfiles más estratégicos, con mayor foco en arquitectura, supervisión e integración de sistemas inteligentes. Nuestro Country Leader en España y Portugal, Francisco Molero, analiza esta transformación en su último artículo publicado en Digital Biz Magazine, donde reflexiona sobre cómo la IA está redefiniendo el desarrollo de software y el impacto que tendrá en el futuro de la industria. 👉 Lee el artículo completo aquí: https://cnfl.io/46tsrP7
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Don’t let your AI strategy get stuck in the slow lane. Join Infosys and Confluent at #MWC26 to see how Agentic AI and Data Streaming are powering the next generation of autonomous enterprise. 📅 Mobile World Congress March 2-5, Barcelona. Spain 📍 Hall 2, Stand 2E43 🍻 Happy Hour: March 2, 4 PM Read the full blog here 👇
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For most teams, “Disaster Recovery” feels less like strategy and more like a fire drill. Brittle scripts. Manual failovers. Stressed engineers. And a hidden “Kafka Tax” draining time and talent. Resilience shouldn’t be reactive. It should be built in. Join us to learn how to: ✅ Achieve near-zero RPO with Multi-Region Clusters ✅ Meet DORA mandates without the manual overhead ✅ Eliminate MirrorMaker complexity ✅ Use Cluster Linking for seamless migration ✅ See a live automation demo in action Register now! https://cnfl.io/4rv1T8t
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Confluent Intelligence just got more powerful with A2A Integration for Streaming Agents, Multivariate Anomaly Detection, MCP Server support, and more! Together, these new features make it easier for agents to collaborate and detect complex anomalies with shared context, access to more vector stores, and secure AI traffic. Learn more on our blog. 👉 https://cnfl.io/4aDwpHf
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No matter what problems you’re tackling, today’s Confluent Cloud launch is built for you. 💙 Struggling to unify queuing and streaming workloads? Queues for Kafka support is here! Bracing for a months-long migration? Cut your timeline down to days with Kafka Copy Paste. Tired of choosing between scaling and saving? Enterprise cluster features like client quotas and fetch-from-follower let you do both. Head to our blog to learn all about our 🆕 lineup of features: https://cnfl.io/3P2Jlhm
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Feeling overwhelmed by the migration from monolith to microservices? 😵💫 Remember that you don’t have to get to the end state in one single, massive leap. In fact, it’s better if you take it one step at a time. Take that first step with us in our 🆕 guide, where we’ll show you how to safely break off your first microservice from a monolith using a low-risk, incremental migration approach: https://cnfl.io/4kSCvqR
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Custom streaming pipelines for analytics are a headache. They're complex, high-maintenance, and slow down your entire team. That’s why we've reimagined the stream-to-table pipeline alongside Databricks. Learn how to reduce ingestion complexity and make real-time Apache Kafka data immediately usable for analytics and AI: https://cnfl.io/46ZDFuG
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