Confluent Current 2025
Oct 29, 2025 · New Orleans · Current 2024
Keynote: Building Intelligent Systems on Real-time DataOct 29, 2025 · 1h 48m · Jay KrepsJay Kreps opened Current 2025 in New Orleans arguing real-time, governed data is what makes AI agents trustworthy, launching Unified Stream Manager and a Real-Time Context Engine with Anthropic.
Key themes: Data platforms, Agents
- 1Jay Kreps opened Current 2025 in New Orleans on building intelligent systems with real-time data
- 2Kreps argued that putting MCP in front of systems is not enough on its own, since MCP just exposes access to data
- 3Confluent introduced streaming agents that let LLMs act directly on continuously processed streaming data
- 4Confluent announced a partnership with Anthropic connecting Claude to live enterprise data through MCP
- 5Confluent launched Unified Stream Manager to manage streaming data consistently across the business
- 6A live demo showed the new Real-Time Context Engine serving data to AI systems through a fully managed MCP server
- 7Tableflow was shown converting streaming data into open table formats with a single push-button step
| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Confluent IntelligenceReal-time, trustworthy data platform for production AI | GA |
| Tableflow Delta Lake and Unity Catalog supportNative Databricks integration | GA |
| Confluent Hub 2.0Redesigned connector marketplace | GA |
| Real-Time Context EngineEarly access; serves enriched data to AI agents via MCP | Preview |
| Streaming Agents Phase 2Agent definition, observability, and debugging | Preview |
| Unified Stream ManagerSingle control point for streaming data across the business | Announced |
| Queues for Kafka (KIP-932)Dynamic scaling for dedicated clusters | Preview |
| mTLS AuthenticationLimited availability for enterprise clusters in December | Preview |
Companies on stage
Named or launching: Airy, Amazon SageMaker, Anthropic, AWS Glue, ClickHouse, Confluent, Couchbase, Databricks, Firebolt, MariaDB, Redis, SingleStore, Weaviate, YugabyteDB
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