Confluent, a company focused on building infrastructure around streams, has secured $50 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital. The investment will be used to expand operations worldwide and build the vision of streaming platforms as a new category in infrastructure. Confluent is also scaling its business due to the rapid adoption of Kafka and streaming platforms across various industries. The company expresses gratitude to its contributors, customers, partners, and people for their support so far and looks forward to more significant achievements in the future.