Following their Q1 earnings report on May 3rd, Confluent stock jumped by 16%. Since then, CFLT has continued appreciating, recently passing their previous high for 2023. While the report itself was pretty good (but not outstanding), the market appears to be anticipating more growth to come. Perceived AI tailwinds are likely at play. In order to capitalize on the potential advantages from advanced insights and new proprietary AI models, enterprises need access to all their data in one place. It should be filtered, consistent and recent. As the leading independent provider of data streaming, and soon stream processing capabilities, Confluent is well positioned to address this demand.