Kong Inc., a leading provider of API and AI connectivity infrastructure, has launched Kong MCP Registry, a new enterprise directory designed to register, discover, and govern MCP servers and AI-native tools for agentic applications. Integrated with Kong Konnect’s existing API catalog, MCP Registry enables enterprises to manage AI agent tools with the same rigor applied to critical enterprise APIs.
By linking MCP servers to underlying APIs, Kong provides deeper visibility, stronger governance, and tighter control than standalone registries, ensuring enterprises can safely deploy AI agents while maintaining ownership, security, and policy compliance.
Bridging Fragmented AI Experiments to Production Scale
MCP Registry comes as enterprises accelerate agentic AI but struggle to move from pilots to production. According to S&P Global, 42% of companies abandon AI projects before production, often due to hidden friction around cost, governance, and operational complexity. Kong’s new registry aims to unify the full AI data path, enabling scalable, production-ready AI systems.
Modern AI applications—like personalized assistants or recommendation engines—require agents to access multiple internal systems, APIs, and LLMs in real time. MCP Registry provides dynamic discovery, allowing AI agents to automatically find approved MCP servers and tools without hardcoding, while maintaining compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, and the EU AI Act.
Features Designed for Speed, Control, and Reliability
Kong MCP Registry offers:
- Dynamic Discovery – Centralized catalog for real-time discovery of MCP servers, endpoints, and capabilities
- Trusted Tools – Only approved MCP servers and agent tools are discoverable, with metadata, ownership, and policy controls
- Observability – Full visibility into tool usage, health, and failures for cost management and optimization
Enterprises can accelerate AI initiatives, reduce operational risk, and improve reliability and cost efficiency, with automated discovery, audit trails, and streamlined governance. MCP Registry will be available in tech preview this month, with additional developer portal and secure access features to follow.
Kong’s Vision for Enterprise AI Connectivity
Marco Palladino, CTO and co-founder of Kong, emphasized: “MCP Registry extends the Konnect Service Catalog, giving enterprises a secure, scalable way to operationalize MCP, ensuring agents can safely discover and use approved tools while maintaining enterprise-grade governance.”
The announcement coincides with Kong’s AI Connectivity launch at the New York Stock Exchange, where the company outlined a roadmap to help enterprises move from fragmented AI experiments to production-scale systems, centralizing LLM routing, AI gateway traffic, and multi-agent communications.
By turning Konnect into a unified API and AI platform, Kong MCP Registry positions the company to address one of enterprise AI’s biggest challenges: enabling agentic AI at scale while controlling cost, risk, and operational complexity.
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