MarketAxess modernized its trade infrastructure by moving from legacy systems to a real-time data streaming platform built on Apache Kafka® and Confluent Cloud. Andy Steinmann, Software Engineering Manager at MarketAxess, shares how this shift unlocked hybrid architecture and infinite scale with zero outages.

Our host, Joseph Morais revisits the most impactful moments across data streaming, event-driven architecture, and AI, showing how real-time data became the backbone of modern data systems and decision making in this year-end highlight.

Mohamed Ahmed Anwar of sccc by stc, a leading cloud services provider in Saudi Arabia, shares how they are embedding Confluent to power secure, scalable AI with real-time data streaming across Saudi Arabia’s digital economy.

Recorded from the expo hall at Current New Orleans, Joseph Morais and Adi Polak break down keynote insights, trends in Apache Kafka®️, Apache Flink®️, and agentic AI, plus voices from the community shaping the future of real-time data streaming.

Metronome's CTO, Cosmo Wolfe shares how his team built a real-time monetization platform that delivers second-level latency for billing and revenue insights. Discover how Metronome leverages Confluent’s data streaming platform to process billions of events per day, enabling instant billing, fraud detection, and agile pricing at scale.

Cursor is redefining what coding looks like when AI and humans work side by side. In this episode, Alex Haugland explains how WarpStream and data streaming keep Cursor fast, private, and scalable while powering better AI productivity.

When AI agents truly connect, businesses move beyond isolated AI experiments to unlock scale and innovation. In this episode, Confluent's Sean Falconer dives into the Agent2Agent protocol, why agents need both fresh data and a powerful infrastructure, and how a data streaming platform turns isolated agents into a connected, business-driving force.

In a highly regulated industry where every millisecond matters, Swedbank is shifting its data strategy to move fast without breaking trust. In this episode, Rami Al Lolah, Lead Architect at Swedbank’s Integration Center of Excellence, shares how the bank built a future-proof foundation using Apache Kafka with Confluent Cloud.