Persistent Systems and Kong Inc. have announced a strategic partnership to help enterprises securely move AI systems into production. By integrating Persistent’s engineering-led approach with Kong’s unified API and AI connectivity platform, the collaboration aims to provide a robust control layer for scaling Generative AI (GenAI) and agentic workflows. This initiative focuses on strengthening governance, security, and observability for high-performance workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Bridging the Gap to Production-Grade AI
As organizations transition from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment, they often face challenges regarding connectivity, governance, and operational complexity. This partnership addresses these hurdles by implementing Kong’s governed connectivity layer alongside Persistent’s GenAI Hub. The joint solution enables enterprises to manage APIs, data pipelines, and AI models within a unified operational fabric, reducing risks while accelerating business value realization.
Key Strategic Objectives
The collaboration is designed to provide several critical enterprise capabilities, including:
- Policy-Driven Safeguards: Enhanced protection for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and centralized access management.
- Operational Efficiency: Reducing costs through modernized legacy API environments and streamlined GenAI deployments.
- Advanced Observability: Delivering end-to-end monitoring and audit trails for complex AI and API interactions.
Leadership Perspectives
Anand Krishnan, Executive Vice President at Persistent, emphasized that in the era of enterprise AI, the focus must shift from model access to the effective governance of intelligence flows. He noted that APIs have evolved into the essential control layer for enterprise AI systems. Similarly, Kong leadership highlighted the importance of this partnership in providing the infrastructure necessary to connect services and model endpoints securely, ensuring that enterprises can scale their AI workloads across any cloud environment with consistent policy enforcement.
Source: BSE
