Kong API Summit 2025 Returns Live in New York City

Kong Inc., a leader in cloud API and AI technologies, has announced the agenda for its eighth annual API Summit, returning in-person on October 14–15, 2025, at Convene Brookfield Place in New York City. This year’s event will focus on preparing API technology leaders for the agentic AI era, featuring sessions from global brands such as BMW and ING Bank, along with keynote addresses by AI luminary Cassie Kozyrkov, Emmy-nominated actor and former White House advisor Kal Penn, and futurist and author Ray Kurzweil.

What to Expect at API Summit 2025

The summit will bring together API industry leaders to explore new strategies, engage in hands-on technical workshops, and discover innovations shaping AI connectivity, cloud, API security, event streaming, and agentic workflows. Attendees will gain access to Kong’s latest solutions, get an exclusive look at its upcoming product roadmap, and learn best practices for leveraging Kong Konnect, the unified API platform designed for the agentic AI era.

The full list of sessions and speakers can be found here.

“Now is the time for builders, developers, leaders and platform teams to ask whether their API technology and strategies are ready for an agentic AI future — or whether they’re stuck in the past,” said Augusto Marietti, CEO and Co-Founder of Kong Inc. “The speed at which the AI wave is hitting is unlike anything the tech world has seen since the dawn of the Internet. This is a ‘Mosaic Moment’ — a turning point that will make or break companies around the world if not ready to embrace the change. If you understand that there is no AI without APIs, then you’ll want to be at the API Summit this year!”

Highlights of API Summit 2025

  • Kong Innovator Awards: Recognizing customer achievements in API and AI innovation. Winners will be celebrated live at the awards ceremony on October 15. Teams with compelling stories can apply here.
  • Fifth Annual API Summit Hackathon: Focused on agentic AI, this hackathon encourages developers to solve real problems or test bold ideas, with $10,000 in prizes available. Submissions open September 15–30. Learn more here.

Major sponsors for this year’s event include AWS, Google Cloud, and Harness.

Learn more about Kong API Summit 2025 and register to attend.

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