About Kong: Powering API and AI Connectivity Worldwide | Kong Inc.
We're Entering the Age of AI Connectivity
Products & Agents:
- Kong AI Gateway
- Kong API Gateway
- Kong Event Gateway
- Kong Metering & Billing
- Kong Insomnia
- Kong Konnect
- Documentation
- Book Demo
THE AI CONNECTIVITY COMPANY
From Gartner to G2, Kong is recognized as a leader by builders and businesses.
OUR STORY
A true story of grit, tuna noodles, and holy water
2009 An idea takes shape
The story of Kong begins in Milan, way back in 2009. Schoolmates Augusto “Aghi” Marietti and Marco Palladino had a wild idea to start a business. They rented a garage and started making a tool for building applications without code.
Augusto Marietti
CEO & Co-founder
2010
Marco and Aghi got accepted into a TechCrunch pitch competition. They were hungry and shared a bed while living in California on a budget. They needed three months of funds but made it through with tenacity.
2010 - 2011
They went to any networking event they could get invited to and secured $101,000 in their first angel round, allowing them to grow the business. Miracle funding came when Aghi scored $1.5 million in seed funding.
2015 - 2017
As the API marketplace grew into a monolith, they built an API gateway to power a new architecture, realizing customers faced similar hurdles.
2017 - 2019
Kong was open-sourced and the business began to thrive, growing the team to over 100.
2019 - 2020
Kong Gateway became the most adopted API gateway, acquiring Kuma to launch the first universal service mesh. They also acquired Insomnia, integrating it into their workflow.
2021
Kong Konnect debuted, achieving a $100 million Series D at a $1.4 billion valuation and entering unicorn status.
2023 - 2025
Kong celebrated surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue and launched Kong AI Gateway after raising $175 million in Series E financing. They also acquired OpenMeter.
2026
The world is shifting to connecting intelligence. Kong addresses how to manage AI-driven traffic efficiently.
Address Locations
- San Francisco: 44 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Chicago: 445 N Wells St., Suite 301, Chicago, IL, United States
- Beijing: 6th Floor, 56 East 4th Ring Road Middle Chaoyang, Beijing, China
- Shanghai: Room 1001-10/F, Tower A 838 S. Huangpi Road, Shanghai, China
- Tokyo: 18F Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Milan: Piazza Citta di Lombardia 1, 20124, Milan, Italy
- Bangalore: TS Towers Camelia, 7th Floor, Plot No. 6 Devasandra Industrial Area, Bangalore, India
- Pune: 12th Floor, Panchshil Avenue, Survey N0.210, Plot no. 71, Kalyani Nagar Wadgaon Sheri Road, Pune, India
- Budapest: 1061 Budapest, Kiraly utca 26 - District VI, Budapest, Hungary
- Paris: 179 Av. Charles de Gaulle, Suite 501, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France
- London: 10 Lower Thames St. 4th Floor, London, United Kingdom
- Singapore: 5 Temasek Boulevard, Floor 17, Unit 139, Singapore
- Sydney: The Commons, 388 George St, Level 3, Sydney, Australia
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OUR LEADERSHIP
Meet our leadership team.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Augusto Marietti: Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder, Kong
- Marco Palladino: Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder, Kong
- Devdutt Yellurkar: CRV
- Mike Volpi: Index Ventures
- Martin Casado: Andreessen Horowitz
- Rana Yared: Balderton