Data infrastructure company Confluent is considering a sale after attracting acquisition interest, with its stock jumping 11% to a market value of $7.9 billion. Confluent provides technology for real-time data streams for AI models, founded by creators of Apache Kafka. The surge in demand for data infrastructure companies is driven by the corporate push for generative AI development. Salesforce acquired Informatica for $8 billion in May to enhance its AI capabilities.

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