Ably
Circuit mix
Where Ably shows up, by circuit. Each event counts once: 2 if it sponsored, 1 if it only had speakers. Hover a segment for the conference.
- Software engineering & trading tech50%3 events
- Streaming33%2 events
- AI engineering & MLOps17%1 event
Presence by conference and year
Each cell is one conference in one year. Fill shows the company sponsored, shaded by its best tier that year; a dot means it had speakers there. Hover for details; click to open the event.
- Title
- Platinum
- Gold
- Silver
- Bronze
- Other / unlabeled tier
- Had speakers
| Conference | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QCon | ||||||||||
| Current (formerly Kafka Summit) | ||||||||||
| AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions) |
Activity by year
Three measures on one year axis; each panel has its own scale. 2027, 2028 is still mostly ahead, so its bars are faded and incomplete.
Conferences present at
Distinct conferences each year, split by whether the company sponsored or only had speakers there.
- Sponsored
- Speakers only
Distinct speakers
People from this company on a program that year, each counted once.
Sponsorships by tier
Sponsorship rows per year (one per event and listing), stacked by normalized tier.
- Silver
- Bronze
- Other / unlabeled
Where they've grown or pulled back
FlatSponsored 1 conference in 2026, flat from 1 in 2023.
Counted per conference. 2026 is the latest year whose conferences have mostly happened. Tiers use the best tier each year; swatches show the path, oldest first. A conference counts as pulled out only when a later event published a complete sponsor list, since most events don’t say whether their list is complete.
New 1
First sponsored in 2025 or later.
- AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions)first sponsored 2026, unranked tier
Pulled out 1
Not sponsored since 2024 or earlier, though a later event published a complete sponsor list without them.
- QConlast sponsored 2023; the conference ran again in 2024–26
Once or on and off 1
No clear direction, or a gap we can’t confirm because later sponsor lists are incomplete.
- Current (formerly Kafka Summit)once, 2022, Silver
Not on the company map: lookalikes are computed only for companies present at four or more conferences.
Often sponsors alongside
Companies that sponsored the same events, by number of shared events (out of 6 this company sponsored).
| Company | Shared events | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Azul | 3 | 50% |
| 3 | 50% | |
| Honeycomb | 3 | 50% |
| InfluxData | 3 | 50% |
| LaunchDarkly | 3 | 50% |
| Microsoft | 3 | 50% |
| Red Hat | 3 | 50% |
| Redpanda | 3 | 50% |
| Rookout | 3 | 50% |
| Sticker Mule | 3 | 50% |
| Aiven | 2 | 33% |
| Amazon Web Services | 2 | 33% |
| CircleCI | 2 | 33% |
| Conduktor | 2 | 33% |
| Couchbase | 2 | 33% |
Sponsorships 6
| Event | Date | Place | Tier as listed | Normalized tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer Europe 2026 | Apr 8–10, 2026 | London, United Kingdom | SUPPORTING PARTNERS | Other |
| QCon London 2023 | Mar 27–29, 2023 | London, United Kingdom | Bronze | Bronze |
| QCon San Francisco 2022 | Oct 24–26, 2022 | San Francisco, United States | Silver | Silver |
| Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit | Oct 4–5, 2022 | Austin, United States | Silver Sponsors | Silver |
| Kafka Summit London 2022 | Apr 25–26, 2022 | London, United Kingdom | Silver | Silver |
| QCon London 2022 | Apr 4–6, 2022 | London, United Kingdom | Silver | Silver |
Speakers 2
| Speaker | Event | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Christensen | AI Engineer Europe 2026 | speaker | Why Your AI UX Is Broken (and It's Not the Model's Fault) | Video |
| Roman de Oliviera | QCon San Francisco 2022 | speaker | A Million People want a Million Things and They Want Them Now: How to Meet Personalised User Demands in Realtime | — |