Confluent has announced the general availability of its cloud-native, serverless Apache Flink service, integrated within its data streaming platform alongside Apache Kafka, now accessible on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. This service, coupled with Elasticsearch, simplifies accessing and processing data streams to build real-time, contextual knowledge bases for generative AI applications. Flink and Kafka together offer a unified platform for efficient stream processing, allowing businesses to connect, clean, and enrich data streams in real time, ensuring generative AI applications have the most current data. This integration supports various AI-driven use cases like natural language processing, enhanced observability, personalized search experiences, and automated code generation by leveraging Elasticsearch's advanced machine learning capabilities. Confluent's managed Flink service promises reliable stream processing with a 99.99% uptime SLA across major cloud providers, facilitating easy deployment and scalability of stream processing workloads, enabling enterprises to harness the full potential of generative AI.