Recognition highlights strong employee satisfaction as Kong continues to grow its team and advance AI connectivity

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, today announced that it has been named to the 2026 Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology™ list. The Best Workplaces in Technology award is based on survey responses from nearly 144,000 employees at Great Place To Work Certified™ companies in the technology industry.

Kong was recognized based on feedback from its employees, with 95% of Kong employees saying the company is a great place to work, compared with 57% at a typical U.S.-based company.

“Being recognized by Fortune is meaningful because it reflects how our employees experience Kong every day,” said Gunjan Aggarwal, Chief People Officer, Kong Inc. “We’re building products that allow our customers to use AI with confidence. Trust and flexibility are a core value proposition of our products as well as our culture. We’re proud of a culture where Kongers feel happy and supported as we solve very hard problems together.”

The Best Workplaces in Technology list is based on Great Place To Work’s proprietary Trust Index™ Survey, which evaluates employees’ experiences across factors including trust, leadership, respect, fairness and workplace culture. Honorees are selected based on employees’ reported workplace experiences, regardless of job role, work status or demographic identifier.

“Congratulations to the Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. “People are at the heart of work in every industry, and technology is no exception. These companies show how delivering for your people drives financial performance and turns fear of the future into the confidence to win.”

Kong’s recognition as a Great Place to Work comes alongside continued independent validation of its product strategy. Kong was recently named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for API Management for the seventh consecutive year as well as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: API Management Software, Q3 2026 report.

Kong is hiring! To learn more about career opportunities at Kong, visit https://konghq.com/company/careers.

About Kong Inc.

Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is building the connectivity layer of AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500® and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic — on any model, any cloud. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.

About the Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology List

Great Place To Work selected the 2026 Best Workplaces in Technology by analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 1.3 million employees in the U.S., representing the experiences of over 7.3 million employees in 2025 and 2026. Of those responses, nearly 144,000 came from employees at Great Place To Work Certified companies in the technology industry, and this ranking is based on that feedback. Companies with 10 to 999 employees competed in the small and medium category. Companies with 1,000 or more employees were considered for the large category. Read the full methodology.

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About Great Place To Work

As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work, a UKG company, brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and Great Place To Work Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified and receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces list. 

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