<s>
Kong	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
provides	O
open-source	O
platforms	O
and	O
cloud	O
services	O
for	O
managing	O
,	O
monitoring	O
,	O
and	O
scaling	O
application	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
(	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
microservices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
products	O
offered	O
by	O
Kong	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
include	O
:	O
Kong	O
Gateway	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
API	B-General_Concept
gateway	O
;	O
Kong	O
Enterprise	O
,	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
platform	O
that	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Kong	O
Gateway	O
;	O
Kong	O
Konnect	O
,	O
a	O
service	O
connectivity	O
platform	O
;	O
Kuma	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
service	O
mesh	O
;	O
Kong	O
Mesh	O
,	O
an	O
enterprise-grade	O
service	O
mesh	O
that	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Kuma	O
;	O
and	O
Insomnia	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
API	B-General_Concept
design	O
and	O
testing	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
product	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
in	O
2009	O
in	O
Milan	O
,	O
Italy	O
and	O
first	O
incorporated	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
as	O
Mashape	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
developing	O
the	O
product	O
the	O
team	O
dealt	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
inspired	O
the	O
founders	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
unified	O
hub	O
to	O
organize	O
the	O
growing	O
market	O
of	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2010	O
Mashape	B-Application
appeared	O
online	O
as	O
an	O
Alpha	O
product	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
private	O
Beta	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Mashape	B-Application
received	O
its	O
first	O
angel	O
funding	O
and	O
a	O
further	O
$	O
1,500,000	O
in	O
seed	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mashape	B-Application
then	O
rejected	O
some	O
acquisition	O
offers	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
Mashape	B-Application
launched	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
called	O
Kong	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
helped	O
the	O
company	O
secure	O
an	O
$18	O
million	O
in	O
Series	O
B	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
pivoting	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
focus	O
to	O
its	O
new	O
Kong	O
business	O
,	O
Mashape	B-Application
sold	O
API	B-General_Concept
Marketplace	O
to	O
RapidAPI	O
,	O
and	O
rebranded	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
Kong	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Kong	O
acquired	O
Insomnia	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
API	B-General_Concept
testing	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Mashape	B-Application
released	O
Kong	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
management	O
layer	O
for	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
and	O
Microservices	O
that	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Nginx	B-Operating_System
and	O
Cassandra/PostgreSQL	O
with	O
the	O
claim	O
of	O
improving	O
performance	O
and	O
reliability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kong	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
engine	O
of	O
Mashape	B-Application
's	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
