Confluent Provides a Real-Time Context Engine for AI

NEW ORLEANS — Confluent Inc. wants to help organizations bring their AI efforts up to speed so that AI analysis can be done and actions can be taken as events are unfolding.

Confluent is, of course, all about real-time processing, with its Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud. They are both based on the open source Kafka event streaming platform and Kafka’s frequent companion, the Apache Flink data processing platform.

With enterprises worldwide pouring $30-$40 million into generative AI (GenAI) efforts with thus far little to show for…