Kong User Group Bangalore Meetup

We are thrilled to invite you to our in person meetup in Bangalore!

Kong makes connecting APIs, microservices, event streaming across today’s serverless, hybrid, multi-cloud environments easier and faster than ever. We power trillions of API transactions for leading organisations globally through our Unified API Management platform and Now, with the Kong AI Gateway, we're bringing the power of AI to your APIs.

In this Kong Meetup, we’ll cover how AI works with Kong, including the AI Gateway (MCP), Insomnia latest V 12 Updates with AI, and Observability with Kong Konnect.

When: 28 November, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Location: Kong Inc
7thFloor, Table Space Towers, Krishnarajapuram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560048(Near Garudacharpalya metro station)

AGENDA: Kong Konnect: Unified API management Platform, AI and beyond

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Welcome & Introduction – Meet the Kong Community

10:30 - 11:30 PM - Managing AI at scale with Kong Unified API Management Platform by Shubham Nigam, Partner Consulting Kong
Learn how to move your AI applications from experimentation to a secure, governed, and production-ready platform. We will cover below topics with presentation and Demo

• Universal API: Unifying access to all your LLM providers through a single endpoint.
• AI Data Governance & Guardrails: Implementing crucial Guardrails and Content Safety to secure data, filter harmful content, and ensure compliance.
• Prompt Engineering: Optimizing prompts at the gateway level for cost and performance.
• MCP Tooling: Understanding and utilizing MCP-Proxy to govern the new generation of AI Agent tooling and protocols.

11:30 - 12:15 PM - Insomnia v12: Smarter API Development with Native MCP, AI Mocks, and Git-Powered Collaboration By Juhi Singh, Tech PMM, Insomnia

In this session, We will share how Insomnia v12 makes building, testing, and debugging APIs and MCP servers faster than ever. You’ll see native MCP client support, instant AI mock generation, and AI-powered commits in action, helping you keep clean Git histories with less effort. We will also highlight how teams can get started free with Git Sync and upgrade seamlessly with built-in enterprise trials.

12:15 - 1:00 - Session 3 Debugging API Performance by Jaya Gupta, Senior Software Engineer
In high traffic sites, understanding the flow of data through the API gateway is crucial for optimizing performance and troubleshooting issues. Join Jaya Gupta and Kaustubh Kurve as they delve into the world of active tracing with Kong's API Gateway. The talk will cover the need for active tracing, how it is implemented in Kong and Konnect, and include a demo!

01:00 onwards - Networking over Pizzassss