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Theme: Agentic AI, systems that think, adapt, and act on their own. We’re challenging you to build projects that go beyond simple responses, taking initiative to solve real problems with minimal guidance.

What you can win:

• $10,000 in total prizes for 7 winners
• Digital contributor badges for all valid entries
• A chance to be featured during API Summit, on the Kong blog, and across our social media

Key details:

• Who: Join solo or in teams (up to 5 people)
• When: Submit between September 15–30, 2025
• Judging: Based on creativity, technical depth, impact, and how well you integrate with Kong

📌 Full details, rules, and registration are here: Hackathon Landing Page

We’d love to see what you create, something that doesn’t just respond, but truly acts.

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APIs are at the heart of modern software, but they don’t exist in isolation—and neither should your tools. Join us for an in-depth demonstration of Kong Insomnia, the developer-first platform designed for seamless API collaboration, confident testing, and limitless debugging. Whether you’re looking to streamline teamwork, migrate over, or gain flexibility in how and where your data is stored, Insomnia is built to put developers in control.

We’ve been hard at work making Insomnia even better, and this session will showcase the latest improvements in v11.6—a fresh wave of updates that reflect our ongoing investment in developer experience. Insomnia can be the API client for teams of one, ten or ten thousand.

During this session, you’ll discover how Insomnia’s powerful features—like Git Sync, effortless migration, and adaptable storage options—help teams move faster, work better together, and fully own their API development process. See firsthand how Insomnia removes bottlenecks and empowers your entire team to innovate without limits.

Key Takeaways:

1. Seamless Collaboration with Git Sync
   Learn how Insomnia’s built-in Git Sync keeps your API projects version-controlled and effortlessly synchronized across your team, eliminating friction and ensuring everyone’s always up to date.

2. Easy Migration
   Discover how simple it is to import your collections into Insomnia, enabling your team to make the switch in just a few clicks—without losing any of your valuable work.

3. Flexible Storage for Every Workflow
   Explore Insomnia’s flexible storage options, whether you prefer local, your own cloud, or Kong’s cloud. Gain full control over your data and adapt your workflow to meet your security and compliance needs.

Join us to see why Insomnia is the go-to alternative for modern API development, and get a first look at the latest innovations in v11.6—helping you build, test, and debug APIs faster, with full confidence and total team alignment.

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Take the next step in your API platform journey by mastering APIOps automation with Kong Konnect. This hands-on workshop builds on the foundational concepts introduced in Kong Konnect Automations: Introduction to API Platform-as-a-Service Concepts and Delivery Methods, shifting the focus from platform setup to end-to-end API lifecycle automation.

Learn how to implement APIOps pipelines that seamlessly move APIs from design to deployment—without manual handoffs. We’ll walk through designing API contracts, automating gateway configurations, and enforcing governance and security policies as code. Explore how platform teams can define guardrails and reusable patterns, while API product teams gain autonomy to iterate and deploy APIs with speed and confidence.

Key Takeaways:

• Design a GitOps-driven APIOps pipeline for API publishing, versioning, and deployment to Kong Konnect.
• Apply automated governance: enforce linting, style guides, and approval gates across the API lifecycle.
• Separate responsibilities between platform teams (infrastructure and governance) and API teams (API design and product delivery).
• Integrate API specifications (e.g., OpenAPI) into CI/CD workflows for fully automated, policy-compliant API gateway provisioning.
• Build a reusable reference APIOps workflow to take back to your organization.

Through live demos and real-world patterns you’ll leave with a clear blueprint for running APIs as products, at scale, through automation.