Kubernetes Established as the De Facto ‘Operating System’ for AI as Production Use Hits 82% in 2025 CNCF Annual Cloud Native Survey
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

Kubernetes Fuels AI Growth; Organizational Culture Remains the Decisive Factor
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

Reclaiming underutilized GPUs in Kubernetes using scheduler plugins
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

Top 28 Kubernetes resources for 2026: Learn and stay up-to-date
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”
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”
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

CRI-O completes second OSTIF audit
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

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA: Top sessions from the CNCF End User TAB
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
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

The symbiotic revolution: AI and cloud native technologies transforming the digital landscape
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