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What is Kong stock worth?
No AI without APIs.Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the connectivity layer for AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic — on any model, any cloud.
Estimated share price
Kong has an observed estimated price: most recent data 2026-09-14, daily history back to 2023-04-29.
Estimated from live trades and accepted bids across employer liquidity programs, institutional trades, broker trades, and pre-IPO marketplaces. Private shares are illiquid and transfer-restricted; estimates are educational, not an offer or advice. The preview above is blurred and illustrative. How this is calculated
About Kong
- Employees
- 1,044
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Software Development, Technology, Information and Internet, Technology, Information and Media
- Website
- konghq.com
Weighing a Kong offer?
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X-ray an offerLeaving Kong? Mind the window.
If you hold options, leaving usually starts a post-termination exercise clock, often 90 days. Miss it and vested options can expire worthless; exercise blindly and you may owe real money (including possible AMT) on shares you can't yet sell. Neither panic nor autopilot is a plan. Knowing your window, your exercise cost, and the current estimated price is.
Kong in the last 12 months
- 1 acquisition (as buyer)
Covered by 8 distinct publications since 2026-08-14.
Kong news timeline
- Buy or rent? Hong Kong homebuyers face an age-old housing dilemma2026-08-16Acquisition (as buyer)scmp.com
- University of Hong Kong, CityU secure spots in global university top 1002026-08-16scmp.com
- Is Hong Kong character at centre of new Disneyland show a pangolin?2026-08-16scmp.com
- Hong Kong ex-regulator manager charged over unauthorised access to confidential files2026-08-16scmp.com
- Hong Kong boy, 14, arrested for animal cruelty after badly injured cat dies2026-08-16scmp.com
- Flags to fly at half-staff in Hong Kong as tribute to late ex-premier Zhu Rongji2026-08-16scmp.com
- Death knell? Hong Kong’s five-year plan is a starting gun2026-08-16scmp.com
- Launch of Northern Metropolis flats attracts strong interest from Hong Kong homebuyers2026-08-16scmp.com
- Hong Kong send Asian Games table tennis warning after Europe Smash silver linings2026-08-16scmp.com
- Boy, 13, among 16 arrested as Hong Kong police tackle juvenile crime2026-08-16scmp.com
- Hong Kong urges parents not to delay childhood vaccinations as US limits jabs2026-08-16thestar.com.my
- Snooker stars not in Hong Kong just for low tax, immigration chief says2026-08-16scmp.com
Reported before Kong’s latest mark
A mark records a completed transaction, so it reflects what buyers and sellers knew several weeks before it printed. These stories were published in that window. They are shown in sequence, not as an explanation of the mark.
- Buy or rent? Hong Kong homebuyers face an age-old housing dilemma2026-08-16Acquisition (as buyer)scmp.com
- Hong Kong boy, 14, arrested for animal cruelty after badly injured cat dies2026-08-16scmp.com
- University of Hong Kong, CityU secure spots in global university top 1002026-08-16scmp.com
Kong equity, answered plainly
Is Kong a public company?
No. Kong is privately held, which is exactly why its share price doesn't show up in your brokerage app. The company (founded in 2017, operating in software development, with roughly 1,044 employees) remains private even at that scale. Its shares still change hands between eligible buyers and sellers on the secondary market, producing an observable estimated price.
What is Kong's stock price?
Kong has an observed estimated share price from secondary-market activity, updated as new data is observed. Its observed price history runs back to 2023-04-29. ExitCue members see the current estimate and its full history free, along with what their own grants are approximately worth at that price.
Can you sell Kong stock before an IPO?
Sometimes. Private-share sales depend on Kong's transfer restrictions, rights of first refusal, and whether the company runs tender offers or permits secondary sales. Your grant documents and the company's policies govern, but "hard to sell today" is not the same as "worth zero."
What happens to my Kong options if I leave?
Most option grants have a post-termination exercise window, commonly 90 days, sometimes longer, after which unexercised options expire worthless. The exact terms are in your grant documents. ExitCue reads those documents, tracks the deadline, and reminds you before the window closes.
How much is my Kong equity worth?
Multiply what you hold by the estimated share price, separating vested from unvested, and netting out strike prices for options. That's precisely the arithmetic ExitCue does for you, continuously, at the current observed estimate. It's an educational estimate, not a guarantee, and a far better anchor than the $0 the internet suggests.
What's the difference between Kong's 409A valuation and what its shares trade at?
The 409A is a tax-compliance appraisal, usually conservative, used to set option strike prices. Secondary-market pricing reflects what buyers and sellers actually agree to. The two frequently differ, which is why evaluating an offer on the 409A alone undersells (or oversells) it.
When will Kong IPO?
Unless Kong has publicly announced a listing, nobody knows, including the people who sound confident on forums. The practical upside of secondary markets is that you don't have to wait for an IPO to know approximately what the shares trade at.
Do my unvested Kong RSUs count for anything?
Unvested equity isn't yours yet, but it has an estimable value and a schedule. Seeing vested and unvested value separately, in dollars at the current estimated price, turns "some RSUs" into a number you can plan around.
General educational information, not advice about your specific situation. Grant terms vary; your documents govern.
Work out what your Kong equity is worth
These calculators take your own numbers and need no account.
- Option exercise costShares times strike: what exercising would cost, plus the estimated spread from your own value estimate.
- Vesting scheduleYour upcoming vest dates and cumulative vested shares from your start date, cliff, length, and frequency.
- Private stock scenarioEstimated value of your equity at low, mid, and high per-share scenarios you choose yourself.
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