By Milana Vinn (Reuters) -Confluent is exploring a sale after attracting acquisition interest, according to three people familiar with the matter, the latest data infrastructure company to draw suitors for its potential in supporting artificial intelligence development. The software provider is working with an investment bank on the sale process, which is in its early stages and was instigated after both private equity firms and other technology companies expressed their interest to the company in buying it, the sources said. Confluent's stock jumped 11% in the opening minutes of Wednesday trading following the Reuters report, giving the company a market value of around $7.9 billion. The gains help reverse some of the company's stock fall this year. It had slumped 26% in the year to Octobe

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