Kong AI Gateway: Kong's AI Gateway 2.x adds an AI MCP Server entity that turns existing APIs into MCP tools, OAuth2 auth strategies for tool calls, semantic caching and OpenTelemetry for MCP and A2A traffic. Protocols fronted: model APIs, MCP, A2A.
The AI Gateway page does not publish prices or edition differences.
Does not name its MCP plugins on the overview page.
Dated facts
The AI MCP Server entity turns existing APIs into tools that agents discover and call over MCP. (developer.konghq.com, read 4 November 2026)
AI Auth Strategies can apply OAuth2 to agent tool calls so write actions can need tighter access than reads. (developer.konghq.com, read 4 November 2026)
The AI Semantic Cache policy serves repeated or near-duplicate prompts from cache. (developer.konghq.com, read 4 November 2026)
OpenTelemetry output covers per-request spans and aggregated metrics for AI, MCP and A2A traffic. (developer.konghq.com, read 4 November 2026)
AI Gateway 2.x replaces the v1 AI Proxy and AI Proxy Advanced plugins with entities such as AI Model and AI Model Provider; the page lists a minimum version of 2.0. (developer.konghq.com, read 4 November 2026)
Kong publishes com.konghq/konnect in the official registry with remotes at global.mcp.konghq.com and regional hosts. (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, read 4 November 2026)