Persistent Systems, a global leader in Digital Engineering & Enterprise Modernization solutions, and Kong, an innovator in API and AI connectivity infrastructure have entered into a global systems integration partnership. The partnership aims at helping organizations to create, govern and protect the necessary infrastructure needed to take artificial intelligence beyond proof-of-concept experiments to production-level systems.
Navigating the Intersection of APIs, Data, and AI
As organizations transition beyond proof-of-concept generative AI applications, the key bottleneck that has emerged for organizations is not selecting an algorithm or model anymore but managing the system architecture around which they need to operate. Currently, APIs, data pipelines, large language models, and autonomous agents are all coming together into one networked ecosystem. Without a control layer, this network rapidly turns into a mess making it vulnerable from a cybersecurity perspective and impossible to scale.
The partnership helps address the issues by combining Persistent Systems‘ engineering-driven approach with Kong’s unified API connectivity infrastructure. This enables global enterprises to modernize their API infrastructure, enforce robust data governance and keep costs low.
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Securing Agentic Workflows and the Model Context Protocol
The joint solution is explicitly built to support modern, high-performance architectures, including Model Context Protocol (MCP)-based frameworks. By deploying Kong’s AI Gateway alongside the Persistent GenAI Hub, companies can deploy autonomous agents and generative AI workflows with enterprise-grade safeguards built directly into the data stream.
Security and Operational Controls Include:
Data Privacy: Automatic policy-based protection that conceals and protects PII.
Access Control: Centralized credential management and role-based access control for all APIs, models, and third parties.
Observability: Complete logging and monitoring of transactions to meet evolving AI regulations.
By building a repeatable and safe deployment strategy using this platform-driven approach, leaders can turn their digital visions into tangible business impact.
“Enterprise AI will not be defined by those who have access to the models. It will be defined by how effectively organizations can control how information flows through their systems. APIs are no longer just integration points. They are the control layer of enterprise AI. Our partnership with Kong combines Persistent’s technical approach with a unified connectivity platform to help customers move from fragmented AI initiatives to scalable, production-grade systems. Together, we enable businesses to build secure, controlled AI that is ready to deliver real business results,” said Anand Krishnan, Executive Vice President, Persistent.
“Businesses are rapidly moving to put AI into production, and APIs are critical for connecting services, data, and model endpoints in complex environments. At Kong, we build the AI connectivity infrastructure so organizations can secure, manage, govern, and scale traffic across AI APIs and workloads on any model or cloud. We are thrilled 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 robust observability and audit trails,” said Ken Kim, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Development, Kong.