Kafka has been the backbone of real-time data streaming for more than a decade, but AI is changing what modern event infrastructure needs to deliver. In this episode, VAST Data's Matt Mohr joins us to explore the evolution of Kafka, where traditional architectures are beginning to show their limits, and how VAST Event Broker brings streaming, storage, and real-time analytics together on a single platform. From financial services and observability to AI clouds and quantum computing, it's a technical conversation about where streaming is headed next.