At API Summit 2024, Kong introduced its Premium Technology Partner Program aimed at strengthening the Kong ecosystem by fostering top-quality integrations and plugins that provide significant business value to customers while offering enhanced support and benefits to partners. This program is particularly focused on integrations and plugins related to Kong's commercial products, Kong Konnect and Kong Gateway Enterprise, and ensures that premium plugins receive thorough validation and dedicated support from Kong's engineering team. Customers gain from an enriched developer ecosystem, access to cutting-edge technologies, seamless integrations, and improved security, while partners benefit from new revenue streams, early access to features, and direct support for optimization. The program also provides a clear pathway for existing partners to advance to the premium tier, promoting ongoing innovation and excellence. At the summit, inaugural partners such as Traceable, Dynatrace, and Confluent presented their solutions, highlighting the program's potential to enhance capabilities like managing Shadow APIs, improving observability, and controlling Kafka Event Streaming.