Apache Samza is a stream processing framework that provides high-level APIs and powerful stream processing capabilities. It is used by many large companies for real-time stream processing. The document discusses Samza's stream processing architecture at LinkedIn, how it scales to process billions of messages per day across thousands of machines, and new features around faster onboarding, powerful APIs including Apache Beam support, easier development through high-level APIs and tables, and better operability in YARN and standalone clusters.