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A New Dawn: Enterprise AI's Shadow — Trillions of Tokens, Zero Governance

Kong Inc., an API platform provider, reports that AI adoption in enterprises remains low, with the highest vertical penetration at 17% and software at 8%, but urges companies to implement governance now to manage complexity and risk. Kong leverages its decade of API expertise to help large companies govern and secure agentic AI at the traffic layer, acting as a unified 'AI control tower'.

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A New Dawn: Enterprise AI's Shadow — Trillions of Tokens, Zero Governance
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AI is still a minority of enterprise activity — even among the most AI-forward industries on our platform. The highest vertical penetration we see is 17%. Software sits at 8%. That's not a reason to wait. It's the same early, governable moment cloud had and that so many enterprises squandered.

Governance is much easier to implement now, while the complexity is relatively low. With each passing month, the level of complexity will increase, along with the challenge (and risk of exposure).

For intelligence to move freely, it first has to be governed, secured, and made economically efficient. By leveraging Kong's decade of API expertise, the largest companies in the world are choosing our proven technology and API know-how to help them unleash agentic AI. But the only way to do it is at the traffic layer. Where models, APIs, and agents connect.

Connectivity is the best place because you can see and govern all the dependencies at once. It acts as a unified “AI control tower.”

Time to govern and unlock AI.

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