Kong raises $43M Series C for its API Gateway

Not to take anything away from Kong&#x27;s accomplishment but this article was written 2 months ago. Here&#x27;s the Press Release from Kong dated March 28th 2019:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;konghq.com&#x2F;press-release&#x2F;kong-raises-43-million" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;konghq.com&#x2F;press-release&#x2F;kong-raises-43-million</a>

As someone who works as a software developer in Japan this is awesome. Kong is one of the few companies allowing remote work even outside of North America so I&#x27;m glad to see that they&#x27;re growing.

When I first read the headline, I was surprised that the same maker of my dog&#x27;s ultra-tough chew toys [1] was branching into tech B2B.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kongcompany.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kongcompany.com&#x2F;</a>

Happy for them. I know that Kong uses openResty with which I have worked and I hope some of that money goes into it.<p>On another topic, why would I use Kong instead of it&#x27;s competitors built on envoy and with higher integration with kubernetes? Maturity?

Can someone please explain me as a programmer, what value Kong could bring to my digital products?

Seriously thought this was an article about Kong the dog toy company.