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Operating as a dominant data streaming platform, the leading commercial steward of Apache Kafka recently completed a multibillion-dollar acquisition by IBM. Delivering cloud-native SaaS and self-managed software through a consumption-based subscription model, annual revenue surpassed $1.16 billion in FY2025. Strategically positioning real-time data for AI applications makes its high-retention enterprise ecosystem highly relevant for infrastructure-focused investments.
