[Product Announcement] - AI Gateway Goes 2.0 and GA!

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Kong AI Gateway 2.0 is here!

We’ve decoupled AI management from standard API proxying to give you a dedicated runtime built specifically for LLMs, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and agentic workflows.

Here is what’s dropping under the hood:

  • Independent AI Control Plane: Faster release cycles mean instant support for new LLMs and agentic protocols on day one, unlinked from standard API Gateway release trains.

  • First-Class AI Primitives: Native configuration objects for AI Model, AI MCP Server, AI Agent, and AI Policies;no more translating LLM intent into standard REST routes.

  • Semantic Guardrails: Real-time prompt injection protection, jailbreak detection, and content safety controls.

  • Token Budgeting & Cost Control: Enforce token-aware rate limits across teams and export per-request OTLP AI telemetry straight to your observability stack.

  • GitOps-First Migration: Convert existing decK configurations into native 2.0 resources using the updated kongctl CLI.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Try the local Docker quickstart or spin up the new AI control plane in Konnect: Kong AI Gateway | Kong Docs

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Dive deeper on AI Gateway 2.0 concepts - AI Gateway 2.x concepts - AI Gateway | Kong Docs

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:eyes: See a demo! Kong AI Gateway 2.0 Overview | Loom