Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. US-headquartered Confluent, Inc., the data streaming pioneer, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Immerok. Immerok is a leading contributor to Apache Flink, a powerful technology for building stream processing applications and one of the most popular Apache open-source projects. Immerok has developed a cloud-native, fully managed Flink service for customers looking to process data streams at a large scale and to deliver real-time analytical insight. Immerok leadership includes multiple Flink Project Management Committee members and Committers for the open-source technology, and would add extensive stream processing expertise to the Confluent team upon the closing of the transaction. Immerok's investors have included Cusp Capital, 468 Capital and Cortical Ventures. Business News | Confluent Announces Intent to Acquire Immerok to Accelerate the Development of a Cloud Native Apache Flink Offering.