What does Confluent do?

Confluent, Inc. is a cloud-native data streaming platform founded in 2014 by the original creators of Apache Kafka. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in Palo Alto and London, Confluent provides solutions for managing real-time data streams. The company enables organizations to connect applications, capture data, and process it in real-time, acting as a central nervous system for modern data infrastructure. Confluent's core offerings include the Confluent Platform, which is an on-premises distribution of Kafka with enterprise tools, and Confluent Cloud, a fully managed cloud service for real-time data handling. Additionally, ksqlDB allows for stream processing and SQL-based queries on Kafka streams. Confluent serves a diverse range of customers, from Fortune 100 companies to small and medium-sized businesses, helping them harness continuous data flows and make real-time decisions.