Persistent Systems and Kong announced a strategic partnership to accelerate enterprise AI adoption. The companies will help businesses implement a critical control layer. This joint solution ensures that companies scale their intelligence systems securely. Persistent Systems works as the global systems integration partner for Kong. The provider brings its deep digital engineering expertise to this collaboration. Meanwhile, Kong offers a unified API and AI connectivity platform. Together, they simplify integration and strengthen data governance.
The partnership enables organizations to deploy a scalable connectivity layer. This operational fabric covers vital APIs, data pipelines, and AI services. Furthermore, clients can modernize their legacy API environments through this collaboration. The architecture fully supports high-performance workloads across hybrid settings. It also operates seamlessly across multi-cloud environments.
Secure Connectivity Layer for GenAI
The collaboration helps businesses operationalize GenAI and complex agentic workflows. For instance, it supports Model Context Protocol-based architectures. Inbuilt security, observability, and policy-driven controls will be available as part of this architecture. Some policy-driven controls, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) protection, become necessary. In addition, organizations will have centralized access management as well as total end-to-end observability. The infrastructure is based on Kong’s AI Gateway combined with Persistent’s GenAI Hub. As a result, businesses reduce operational costs and lower production risks.
Anand Krishnan, Executive Vice President, Persistent:
“Enterprise AI will not be defined by who has access to models. It will be defined by how effectively organizations can govern how intelligence flows across their systems. APIs are no longer just integration points. They are the control layer for enterprise AI. Our partnership with Kong brings together Persistent’s engineering-led approach with a unified connectivity platform to help clients move from fragmented AI initiatives to scalable, production-grade systems. Together, we are enabling enterprises to build AI that is secure, controlled, and ready to deliver real business outcomes.”
Ken Kim, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Development, Kong:
“Enterprises are moving fast to put AI into production, and APIs are critical for connecting services, data, and model endpoints across complex environments. At Kong, we are building the AI Connectivity infrastructure so organizations can secure, manage, govern, and scale traffic across APIs and AI workloads on any model or any cloud. We are excited to have Persistent as a key global integration partner, bringing deep digital engineering expertise that complements our unified API and AI platform. Together, we can help customers modernize integration and deploy enterprise AI with consistent policy enforcement, secure access controls, and strong observability and audit trails.”
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