{"slug": "confluent-makes-lightning-tables-generally-available-for-querying-streaming-data", "title": "Confluent makes Lightning Tables generally available for querying streaming data", "summary": "Confluent made Lightning Tables generally available on AWS on November 4th, 2026, adding Query as the fifth pillar of its Data Streaming Platform, according to the company's release notes. Lightning Tables is rolling out in phases and tests whether enterprises will buy live data serving from their streaming platform instead of copying data into separate databases. Confluent was co-founded in 2014 by Jay Kreps, Neha Narkhede and Jun Rao around Kafka.", "body_md": "# Confluent makes Lightning Tables generally available for querying streaming data\n\n**On November 4th, Confluent made Lightning Tables generally available on AWS, adding a query layer to the platform Jay Kreps, Neha Narkhede and Jun Rao started around Kafka in 2014.**\n\n        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)\n        · Published \n        · Updated \n\nPrimary source: [IBM Newsroom](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-11-04-confluent-introduces-its-streamhouse-architecture-to-power-ai-with-real-time-business-context)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nLightning Tables tests whether enterprises will buy live data serving from their streaming platform instead of copying data into separate databases.\n\n[Confluent](https://www.confluent.io/?ref=runtimewire), the data streaming company co-founded in 2014 by Jay Kreps, Neha Narkhede and Jun Rao, made [Lightning Tables generally available on AWS](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-11-04-confluent-introduces-its-streamhouse-architecture-to-power-ai-with-real-time-business-context?ref=runtimewire) on November 4th, 2026, adding Query as the fifth pillar of its Data Streaming Platform. Confluent's [release notes](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/release-notes/index.html?ref=runtimewire) say Lightning Tables is rolling out in phases.…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/confluent-makes-lightning-tables-generally-available-for-querying-streaming-data", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/confluent-streamhouse-lightning-tables-query-ai-agents", "published_at": "2026-11-04 18:12:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-04 21:19:21.667408+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Confluent", "Lightning Tables", "AWS", "Jay Kreps", "Neha Narkhede", "Jun Rao", "Kafka", "Data Streaming Platform"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/confluent-makes-lightning-tables-generally-available-for-querying-streaming-data", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/confluent-makes-lightning-tables-generally-available-for-querying-streaming-data.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/confluent-makes-lightning-tables-generally-available-for-querying-streaming-data.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/confluent-makes-lightning-tables-generally-available-for-querying-streaming-data.jsonld"}}