Confluent Stock Struggles In 2025 Confluent offers data streaming software, which it describes as a central nervous system helping enterprises to instantly move and sort data. The 10-year-old company has previously attracted the attention of investors as an artificial intelligence play, given the huge data demands of generative AI models. But the stock has had a rough year overall. Shares entered trading Wednesday down 26% year-to-date. The stock tumbled more than 30% following the company's second-quarter ...