# Confluent makes Lightning Tables generally available for querying streaming data

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> Published: 2026-11-04 18:12:22+00:00

# Confluent makes Lightning Tables generally available for querying streaming data

**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.**

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Primary source: [IBM Newsroom](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-11-04-confluent-introduces-its-streamhouse-architecture-to-power-ai-with-real-time-business-context)

## Why it matters

Lightning Tables tests whether enterprises will buy live data serving from their streaming platform instead of copying data into separate databases.

[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.…

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