Confluent has achieved FedRAMP Ready status for Confluent Cloud for Government, indicating that its security capabilities have been attested to by a Third Party Assessment Organization and deemed acceptable by the FedRAMP PMO. This certification brings the cloud's advantages, including reliability and scalability, to Confluent's federal offerings, enabling governments to treat data as a stream of events rather than static snapshots, speeding time to action and creating more personalized experiences. Confluent is committed to building a secure platform for critical data and its FedRAMP certification is another step towards making Apache Kafka available as a trusted foundation for any environment. Additionally, Confluent has expanded partnerships with Databricks and announced new cohort of startups joining the Confluent for Startups AI Accelerator program.