Confluent builds a data streaming platform that lets organisations stream, connect, process and govern data in real time. The company was founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka, and its engineering work spans real-time data streaming, data integration and connectivity, stream processing, data governance, event-driven architectures and real-time analytics. For engineers working on AI systems, the platform is positioned as infrastructure for feeding applications with continuous, real-time data rather than static data silos.
The platform is offered in two forms. Confluent Cloud is a fully managed data streaming service for streaming, connecting, processing and governing data in real time. A self-managed deployment option of the same platform is available for organisations that prefer to run it themselves alongside the managed service.
Confluent serves organisations worldwide, from small startups to the world's largest enterprises, and works directly with engineers, architects and technical leaders building event-driven architectures. The company describes its mission as making data streaming accessible and reliable for everyone.
