Zeer Kong / intent / kong

Kong

1001-5000 employees·San Francisco, California, United States·konghq.com

Observed, not inferred · updated weekly

Buying intent

342 tracked signals | Top 15 topics are below | Sales and Marketing are carrying most of it.

179signals · 30 days
126topics tracked
72.22%attributed to a team

Attention by team

LinkedIn activity, by team

Where Kong's own people are actually spending their attention, by team, by topic. Bands run Low to High against the busiest pairing on this page, and each cell also shows how much of that team's own activity it represents.

Artificial Intelligence
Agentic AI System
Hiring
AI Governance
Career Development
API Management
Sales
High47% of team Sales to Artificial Intelligence: High, 47% of this team's signals
Low16% of team Sales to Agentic AI System: Low, 16% of this team's signals
Low8% of team Sales to Hiring: Low, 8% of this team's signals
Low16% of team Sales to AI Governance: Low, 16% of this team's signals
Low8% of team Sales to Career Development: Low, 8% of this team's signals
Low5% of team Sales to API Management: Low, 5% of this team's signals
Marketing
Medium55% of team Marketing to Artificial Intelligence: Medium, 55% of this team's signals
Low30% of team Marketing to Agentic AI System: Low, 30% of this team's signals
Marketing to Hiring: no signal
Marketing to AI Governance: no signal
Low10% of team Marketing to Career Development: Low, 10% of this team's signals
Low5% of team Marketing to API Management: Low, 5% of this team's signals
Engineering
Low42% of team Engineering to Artificial Intelligence: Low, 42% of this team's signals
Engineering to Agentic AI System: no signal
Low25% of team Engineering to Hiring: Low, 25% of this team's signals
Engineering to AI Governance: no signal
Low33% of team Engineering to Career Development: Low, 33% of this team's signals
Engineering to API Management: no signal
Operations
Medium64% of team Operations to Artificial Intelligence: Medium, 64% of this team's signals
Operations to Agentic AI System: no signal
Low9% of team Operations to Hiring: Low, 9% of this team's signals
Low18% of team Operations to AI Governance: Low, 18% of this team's signals
Operations to Career Development: no signal
Low9% of team Operations to API Management: Low, 9% of this team's signals
HR
Low50% of team HR to Artificial Intelligence: Low, 50% of this team's signals
HR to Agentic AI System: no signal
Low50% of team HR to Hiring: Low, 50% of this team's signals
HR to AI Governance: no signal
HR to Career Development: no signal
HR to API Management: no signal
Product
Low67% of team Product to Artificial Intelligence: Low, 67% of this team's signals
Product to Agentic AI System: no signal
Low33% of team Product to Hiring: Low, 33% of this team's signals
Product to AI Governance: no signal
Product to Career Development: no signal
Product to API Management: no signal
Support
Low67% of team Support to Artificial Intelligence: Low, 67% of this team's signals
Low33% of team Support to Agentic AI System: Low, 33% of this team's signals
Support to Hiring: no signal
Support to AI Governance: no signal
Support to Career Development: no signal
Support to API Management: no signal
Others
High54% of team Others to Artificial Intelligence: High, 54% of this team's signals
Low9% of team Others to Agentic AI System: Low, 9% of this team's signals
Low14% of team Others to Hiring: Low, 14% of this team's signals
Low9% of team Others to AI Governance: Low, 9% of this team's signals
Low3% of team Others to Career Development: Low, 3% of this team's signals
Low11% of team Others to API Management: Low, 11% of this team's signals
LowMediumHigh·  banded against the busiest pairing on this page

Topics being researched

30-day window

Every tracked topic, ranked by volume, not by our guess at what matters. Confidence is the classifier's own certainty that a signal belongs where we've filed it.

Artificial Intelligence
LinkedIn
High volume
96%
last
2d ago
Agentic AI System
LinkedIn
Low volume
97%
last
2d ago
Hiring
LinkedIn
Low volume
95%
last
3d ago
AI Governance
LinkedIn
Low volume
97%
last
3d ago
Career Development
LinkedIn
Low volume
98%
last
14d ago
API Management
LinkedIn
Low volume
98%
last
4d ago
AI Agent Software
LinkedIn
Low volume
90%
last
3d ago
Open Source
LinkedIn
Low volume
98%
last
2d ago
Engineering team
LinkedIn
Low volume
98%
last
8d ago
Generative AI
LinkedIn
Low volume
98%
last
10d ago
Kubernetes
LinkedIn
Low volume
92%
last
5d ago
Go to Market
LinkedIn
Low volume
98%
last
10d ago
API Management Software
LinkedIn
Low volume
97%
last
10d ago
Cloud-Native Security
LinkedIn
Low volume
98%
last
11d ago
GTM Planning
LinkedIn
Low volume
98%
last
3d ago

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Who's active at Kong

verified title on file

Titles, seniority and topic straight from each person's own activity, with a LinkedIn link so you can check any of them yourself.

Others28 active
Senior ICresearching Social Media
in
Executiveresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
researching AI Security
in
Global VP - Worldwide GSI
researching AI Governance
in
VPresearching NTT Data
in
researching Artificial Intelligence
in
Directorresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
researching Career Development
in
researching AI Software
in
VPresearching GTM Planning
in
VP, Global Talent Acquisition
researching Kubernetes
in
VP, Asia Pacific and Japan
VPresearching Setting the bar
in
Director of IT
Leadershipresearching 6Sense
in
Co-Founder and CTO
Executiveresearching AI Transformation
in
Global Head of Talent - G&A, Marketing, Revenue Operations
researching Artificial Intelligence
in
Analyst Relations, Senior Manager
Senior ICresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
Site Lead, China
researching Open Source
in
Global SDR Enablement Manager
researching Artificial Intelligence
in
People Business Partner
managerresearching Human Resources Manager
in
VP, Partner Ecosystem
researching Weapons Systems
in
Staff Engineer
researching Employer Branding
in
Director of Professional Services - EMEA
researching Go to Market
in
Head of EMEA & APJ Talent | GTM
researching Hiring
in
director legal, americas
researching GTM Planning
in
Regional Sales & Channels Director
researching Engineering team
in
+ 18 more in Others
Sales20 active
Regional Sales Manager
Senior ICresearching Risk Management
in
Named Account Executive, Enterprise
researching Use Case
in
Enterprise Account Executive
Senior ICresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
GTM | G&A Recruiter at Kong Inc
researching Artificial Intelligence
in
Enterprise Account Executive
Senior ICresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
sr. enterprise business development representative
researching Agentic AI System
in
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Executiveresearching Identity Access Management (IAM)
in
enterprise account executive
researching AI Governance
in
Regional VP, Sales Southern and Central Europe
VPresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
Regional Vice President of Sales
VPresearching Identity Access Management (IAM)
in
Business Development Representative
researching AI Governance
in
Enterprise Sales Manager - MEA
researching Artificial Intelligence
in
Staff Solutions Architect
Senior ICresearching Cloud-Native Security
in
Enterprise Account Executive
researching Agentic AI System
in
GTM Recruiting Manager
Senior ICresearching Employer of choice
in
Head of Sales Strategy & Operations - EMEA
Directorresearching QR Code
in
Strategic Account Executive
researching Talent Management
in
enterprise account executive
researching Agentic AI System
in
federal account executive
researching Artificial Intelligence
in
enterprise account executive
researching Hiring
in
+ 20 more in Sales
Engineering10 active
Principal Engineer
Directorresearching Engineering team
in
Insomnia Engineer
researching Small Business
in
senior staff field engineer
Leadershipresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
VP, EMEA Solutions Engineering
VPresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
solutions engineer
researching Career Development
in
software architect
researching NTT Data
in
Staff Solutions Engineer
Senior ICresearching Career Development
in
Senior Staff Solutions Engineer
Senior ICresearching Hiring
in
senior solution engineer
researching Career Development
in
senior solutions engineer
researching Talent Management
in
+ 10 more in Engineering
Marketing7 active
Head of Technical Marketing - Runtimes
Directorresearching Agentic AI System
in
Senior Director, Demand Generation, Digital, & Campaigns
Leadershipresearching Follow-Up
in
Chief Marketing Officer
Executiveresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
Senior GTM Recruiter
Senior ICresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
Technical Product Marketing (Developer Evangelist)
researching Artificial Intelligence
in
Marketing Director, Asia Pacific
Directorresearching Startup Investing
in
Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager - API Security
Senior ICresearching Gross Margin
in
+ 7 more in Marketing
HR3 active
Lead Technical Recruiter, China
Senior ICresearching MEDDIC
in
Technical Recruiter
researching Cloud Infrastructure
in
Recruiter
researching C-suite
in
+ 3 more in HR
Operations3 active
Senior Program Manager
researching Cost Management
in
Senior Recruiter
Directorresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
Director, People Operations and Workforce Planning
Directorresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
+ 3 more in Operations
Product2 active
Vice President of Product Management
VPresearching Artificial Intelligence
in
Group Product Manager
Senior ICresearching Engineering team
in
+ 2 more in Product
Support1 active
Staff Customer Success Manager
Senior ICresearching AI Agent Software
in
+ 1 more in Support

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74 people across every department at Kong, plus a LinkedIn profile link for each.

Primary products / business lines

LinkedIn company profile

No AI without APIs. Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the connectivity layer for AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic — on any model, any cloud.

New capability sought

Employee posts (LinkedIn)

API Management; AI Agent Software; Generative AI; API Management Software; Go to Market; Open Source; Engineering team; Identity Access Management (IAM)

Top accounts researching Kong

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These are companies whose own people brought up Kong unprompted, not accounts we guessed might be interested. We can't yet tell an implementation partner from a genuine buyer here, names unlock along with the buyer profile below.

129,094 companies · 649,540 people are researching Artificial Intelligence

Kong's own team shows 66 signals on this topic. No one outside Kong has been seen researching the company by name yet — so this is the market it sits in, not a list of its buyers.

  • Agentic AI System30,546 cos · 119,561 people
  • Hiring66,174 cos · 318,882 people
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Buyer profile

company size · seniority

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Buying committee functions

Employee job titles (LinkedIn)

Sales — 15 people; Engineering — 13 people; HR / Talent — 9 people; Marketing — 5 people; Leadership — 3 people; Operations — 2 people; Product — 2 people; IT — 1 person (+1 more)

What's been said

public posts mentioning Kong

Up to 9 public excerpts naming Kong from the past 365 days, across LinkedIn, Reddit, X, YouTube and other public sources.

LinkedInArtificial Intelligence

Most enterprises already have what the context economy needs. API traffic. Event streams. Transactional data. What's missing is the architecture to govern it and make it available to AI agents securely. Organizations participating built platforms spanning: ➥ Context origination through APIs and event streams. ➥ Governance and orchestration. ➥ Monetization infrastructure. They open context strategically with controls that capture value instead of leaking it. At Kong , we provide the unified platform for the entire context lifecycle. The infrastructure decisions you make now determine whether you participate or watch from the sidelines. ▶ See how Kong enables the context economy: https://konghq.com/ #ContextEconomy #AIConnectivity #EnterpriseAI

May 2026

About this data. Kong (konghq.com). Department attribution is 72.22%; remaining activity is grouped under Others. Updated 2026-09-25T18:00:10.181Z.

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