Confluent has acquired WarpStream, a Kafka-compatible data streaming platform, for an undisclosed amount.

WarpStream's Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) architecture, built on object storage, aligns with Confluent's Kora engine and supports large-scale workloads with relaxed latency in customers' cloud environments. It can be used for logging, observability, and data lake feeds. 

With this acquisition, Confluent expands its data streaming solutions to include fully managed, self-managed, and BYOC options. It also plans to enhance WarpStream's processing and governance features.

Analyst QuickTake: In January 2023, Confluent acquired Immerok , a company specializing in stream processing applications based on Apache Flink, to speed up the development of a fully managed Flink service that integrates seamlessly with its Kafka offerings. The WarpStream acquisition follows the same strategy of expanding its capabilities by integrating complementary technologies into its Kafka ecosystem.