Kong

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Kong is a prominent software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2009. The company specializes in developing a Unified API and AI Platform that helps organizations adopt an API-first approach.

Proven Score (provisional)

37 / 100

Emerging. Based on Proven marketplace listings, member redemption clicks, years in business, market standing, verified clients and connected data, scaled to 100. Client quality (20 points) is added once publicly named clients are verified. Checked 2026-10-21.

Company facts

Founded	2009 (17 years)
Latest funding	Series E
Employees	1,100
Headquarters	San Francisco, United States
Trusted networks on Proven	2 investor, bank and government networks offer Kong to their members

Company facts from Apollo.io company data. Network, offer and redemption data from the Proven platform. A Proven Score is published once publicly named clients are verified with sources.

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Source: Proven platform data, public records and vendor websites. Vendors cannot pay to change a score. Methodology. Updated 2026-10-21.