- Published on March 4, 2025
- In AI Startups
How Confluent is Helping Swiggy Deliver Millions of Orders Daily
“If Confluent is down, Swiggy is down.”
Image by Nalini Nirad
- By Vandana Nair
Food and grocery delivery platform Swiggy handles billions of orders annually across approximately 700 cities. Managing such a scale requires real-time coordination between restaurants, delivery partners, and customers. This is where data streaming platform Confluent steps in, supporting Swiggy’s massive data flow for seamless order processing.
As the exclusive data streaming partner, Confluent has been supporting Swiggy for over three years now.
At its core, Confluent’s platform is built on Apache Kafka, facilitating real-time data streaming. Notably, Confluent was founded in 2014 by Jay Kreps, Neha Narkhede, and Jun Rao, the original creators of Apache Kafka.
“If Confluent is down, Swiggy is down,” Rohit Vyas, country presales leader of India at Conflue
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Vandana Nair
As a rare blend of engineering, MBA, and journalism degree, Vandana Nair brings a unique combination of technical know-how, business acumen, and storytelling skills to the table. Her insatiable curiosity for all things startups, businesses, and AI technologies ensures that there's always a fresh and insightful perspective to her reporting. She now hosts her tech segment 'Point Break' on AIM Tv.
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