Kubernetes Established as the De Facto ‘Operating System’ for AI as Production Use Hits 82% in 2025 CNCF Annual Cloud Native Survey
New CNCF Annual Cloud Native Survey reveals near-universal adoption of Kubernetes Key highlights: SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 20, 2026 —The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today released its...
January 20, 2026
Staff Post
Kubernetes Fuels AI Growth; Organizational Culture Remains the Decisive Factor
The CNCF Annual Cloud Native Survey confirms a long-developing trend: Kubernetes has moved from container orchestration to becoming the backbone of modern infrastructure—including AI. Production usage of Kubernetes now stands at 82% among container users, and...
January 20, 2026 | Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF
Member Post
Reclaiming underutilized GPUs in Kubernetes using scheduler plugins
The problem nobody talks about GPUs are expensive; and yours are probably sitting idle right now. High-end GPUs (for example, NVIDIA A100-class devices) can cost $10,000+, and in a Kubernetes cluster running AI workloads, you might...
January 20, 2026 | Lalit Somavarapha, Gernot Seidler and Srujana Reddy Attunuri, Principal Engineers at HPE
Member Post
Top 28 Kubernetes resources for 2026: Learn and stay up-to-date
The cloud native community is thriving and Kubernetes has a lot to do with it. In this open source ecosystem, practitioners are continually sharing knowledge, tools, and lessons learned from first-hand experience to help others succeed....
January 19, 2026 | Nick Haven, Fairwinds
OpenObservability Talks: “State of Cloud‑Native 2026: CNCF CTO’s Insights and Predictions”
In the opening episode of 2026, we mark a major milestone—a decade to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)—with none other than the CNCF’s CTO and co-founder, Chris Aniszczyk.
January 17, 2026
The New Stack: “CNCF Dragonfly Speeds Container, Model Sharing with P2P”
Dragonfly project has graduated from CNCF, proving its maturity as a high-scale peer-to-peer system for distributing container images and massive AI models across thousands of nodes.
January 16, 2026
Project Maintainer Post
CRI-O completes second OSTIF audit
The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is proud to share the results of our security audit of CRI-O. CRI-O is an implementation of the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) that is OCI-compliant (-O) that provides the...
January 16, 2026 | Helen Woeste, Communications and Operations at OSTIF
End User Post
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA: Top sessions from the CNCF End User TAB
2025 brought significant developments in the cloud native landscape, with a strong focus on AI but new projects and end user reports in many other areas. As always, KubeCon is one of the key places we...
January 15, 2026 | CNCF End User TAB
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Dragonfly’s Graduation
Dragonfly graduates after demonstrating production readiness, powering container and AI workloads at scale Key Highlights: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 14, 2026 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native...
January 14, 2026
Ambassador Post
The symbiotic revolution: AI and cloud native technologies transforming the digital landscape
This Ambassador Blog was originally published on the writer’s blog and is republished here with permission. In the ever-evolving world of technology, few pairings have sparked as much innovation as the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI)...
January 13, 2026 | Gerald Venzl, VP of Dev & AI Initiatives at Oracle