Event Signals· 24 min read· November 9–12, 2026 · Salt Lake City

    What Companies Are Attending KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026?

    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 takes place November 9–12, 2026 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, bringing together companies across Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, AI, platform engineering, observability, security, networking, databases, developer tools, and open-source software.

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    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 at a glance

    Event detailInformation
    EventKubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026
    DatesNovember 9–12, 2026
    LocationSalt Lake City, Utah
    VenueSalt Palace Convention Center
    Attendees9,000+
    Organizations2,100+
    Sessions400+
    OrganizerCloud Native Computing Foundation
    Main conferenceNovember 10–12
    Pre-event programmingNovember 9
    Main areasKubernetes, cloud native, AI infrastructure, platform engineering, security, observability, networking and developer infrastructure

    KubeCon North America 2026 companies list

    CompanyArea & participation
    Amazon Web ServicesCloud infrastructure — Diamond Sponsor
    Google CloudCloud infrastructure & Kubernetes — Diamond Sponsor
    HAProxy TechnologiesApplication delivery & networking — Diamond Sponsor
    MicrosoftCloud & Kubernetes — Diamond Sponsor
    NutanixHybrid cloud infrastructure — Diamond Sponsor
    OracleCloud & databases — Diamond Sponsor
    Red HatKubernetes & enterprise Linux — Diamond Sponsor
    ScaleOpsKubernetes optimization — Diamond Sponsor
    Solo.ioCloud networking & service mesh — Diamond Sponsor
    AkamaiCloud & edge infrastructure — Platinum Sponsor
    CanonicalLinux & Kubernetes — Platinum Sponsor
    CAST AIKubernetes optimization — Platinum Sponsor
    ChainguardSoftware supply chain security — Platinum Sponsor
    ClickHouseDatabase & analytics — Platinum Sponsor
    CrusoeAI cloud infrastructure — Platinum Sponsor
    Dash0Observability — Platinum Sponsor
    DatadogObservability — Platinum Sponsor
    DockerDeveloper infrastructure — Platinum Sponsor
    F5Application delivery & networking — Platinum Sponsor
    GroundcoverCloud-native observability — Platinum Sponsor
    IBMCloud & enterprise technology — Platinum Sponsor
    KubecostKubernetes FinOps — Platinum Sponsor
    InfisicalSecrets management — Platinum Sponsor
    IsovalentKubernetes networking & security — Platinum Sponsor
    NebiusAI cloud infrastructure — Platinum Sponsor
    PerfectScaleKubernetes optimization — Platinum Sponsor
    PortInternal developer platforms — Platinum Sponsor
    PortworxKubernetes storage — Platinum Sponsor
    PostmanAPI development — Platinum Sponsor
    SedaiCloud optimization — Platinum Sponsor
    Sidero LabsKubernetes infrastructure — Platinum Sponsor
    SplunkObservability & security — Platinum Sponsor
    SUSELinux & Kubernetes — Platinum Sponsor
    TeleportInfrastructure access — Platinum Sponsor
    TraversalAI infrastructure operations — Platinum Sponsor
    VMwareCloud infrastructure — Platinum Sponsor
    YugabyteDistributed databases — Platinum Sponsor
    AkuityKubernetes & GitOps — Gold Sponsor
    ControlTheoryObservability — Gold Sponsor
    CoreWeaveGPU cloud infrastructure — Gold Sponsor
    CouchbaseDatabase software — Gold Sponsor
    DevZeroDeveloper environments — Gold Sponsor
    DynatraceObservability — Gold Sponsor
    ElasticSearch & observability — Gold Sponsor
    GraviteeAPI management — Gold Sponsor
    HerokuCloud application platform — Gold Sponsor
    HPEEnterprise & cloud infrastructure — Gold Sponsor
    IntuitFinancial technology — Gold Sponsor
    KomodorKubernetes operations — Gold Sponsor
    KongAPI infrastructure — Gold Sponsor
    New RelicObservability — Gold Sponsor
    NVIDIAAI & accelerated computing — Gold Sponsor
    Octopus DeployContinuous delivery — Gold Sponsor
    OpenObserveObservability — Gold Sponsor
    Resolve.aiAI operations — Gold Sponsor
    SysdigCloud-native security — Gold Sponsor
    TailscaleNetworking — Gold Sponsor
    TemporalApplication infrastructure — Gold Sponsor
    VeeamData protection — Gold Sponsor
    VultrCloud infrastructure — Gold Sponsor
    WizCloud security — Gold Sponsor
    ZestyCloud optimization — Gold Sponsor
    ActiveStateSoftware supply chain — Silver Sponsor
    adaptive6Cloud software — Silver Sponsor
    AEnixCloud infrastructure — Silver Sponsor
    AikidoApplication security — Silver Sponsor
    AivenCloud data infrastructure — Silver Sponsor
    AkamasPerformance optimization — Silver Sponsor
    AkeylessSecrets & identity security — Silver Sponsor
    AntithesisSoftware testing — Silver Sponsor
    AnyscaleAI infrastructure — Silver Sponsor
    Apollo GraphQLAPI infrastructure — Silver Sponsor
    ArpioDisaster recovery — Silver Sponsor
    Better StackObservability — Silver Sponsor
    observIQTelemetry & observability — Silver Sponsor
    Black DuckApplication security — Silver Sponsor
    BlacksmithCI infrastructure — Silver Sponsor
    CIQEnterprise Linux & HPC — Silver Sponsor
    CiroosAI operations — Silver Sponsor
    ClearMLMLOps — Silver Sponsor
    CloudBeesCI/CD — Silver Sponsor
    Cockroach LabsDistributed databases — Silver Sponsor
    CoderCloud development environments — Silver Sponsor
    AnthropicArtificial intelligence — Silver Sponsor
    PerconaOpen-source databases — Silver Sponsor
    IOWN Global ForumNetworking — Silver Sponsor
    DiagridDistributed applications — Silver Sponsor
    KubermaticKubernetes management — Silver Sponsor
    KodeKloudCloud-native training — Silver Sponsor
    LightbendDistributed applications — Silver Sponsor
    AmnicCloud cost management — Silver Sponsor
    Ampere ComputingCloud processors — Silver Sponsor
    AnyninesCloud platforms — Silver Sponsor
    AppsCodeKubernetes software — Silver Sponsor
    AptumCloud infrastructure — Silver Sponsor
    ARMOKubernetes security — Silver Sponsor
    Actualyze AIAI infrastructure — Start-up Sponsor
    AmutableCloud-native software — Start-up Sponsor
    AranyaEdge & cloud infrastructure — Start-up Sponsor
    Archestra.aiAI infrastructure — Start-up Sponsor
    MetalBearDeveloper tools — Start-up Sponsor
    LiveKitReal-time communications — Speaker organization
    HarnessDevOps & software delivery — Speaker organization
    ChronosphereObservability — Speaker organization
    The Access GroupEnterprise software — Speaker organization
    NianticSpatial computing — Keynote organization
    AdobeEnterprise software — Keynote organization
    EricssonTelecommunications — Keynote organization
    CVS HealthHealthcare — Keynote organization
    SyntassoPlatform engineering — Conference participation
    CloudsmithArtifact management — Exhibitor & speaker activity
    PlanetScaleDatabase infrastructure — Exhibitor
    RedpandaStreaming data — Exhibitor
    SnykDeveloper security — Sponsor & exhibitor
    Aqua SecurityCloud-native security — Sponsor & speaker
    TestkubeKubernetes testing — Exhibitor
    HashiCorpInfrastructure automation — Sponsor activity
    VKTRAI infrastructure — Speaker organization
    VDURAData infrastructure — Exhibitor
    Palo Alto NetworksCybersecurity — Sponsor activity
    BasetenAI inference infrastructure — Sponsor
    TigeraKubernetes networking & security — Conference programming
    ObotAgentic AI infrastructure — Sponsor & exhibitor
    Spectro CloudKubernetes management — Exhibitor
    OVHcloudCloud infrastructure — Attendee & speaker activity
    QoveryDeveloper platform — Attendee & demos
    LINBITKubernetes storage — Exhibitor
    KedifyKubernetes autoscaling — Exhibitor & speaker
    EchoCloud-native security — Exhibitor
    GitLabDevSecOps — Sponsor & exhibitor
    CiscoNetworking & infrastructure — Event participation
    HitachiEnterprise technology — Sponsor & participant
    Augment CodeAI software development — Sponsor
    AtolioEnterprise search — Sponsor
    CortexInternal developer platform — Sponsor
    DigitalOceanCloud infrastructure — Sponsor
    AsertoAuthorization infrastructure — Sponsor
    Aspen MeshService mesh — Sponsor
    AuthzedAuthorization infrastructure — Sponsor
    Avi NetworksApplication networking — Sponsor
    UiPathAutomation & AI — Event participant
    TensormeshAI infrastructure — Event participant
    GrackerAIAI marketing technology — Event activity
    GenetecSecurity software — Attendee
    GlobalstarSatellite communications — Attendee
    GongRevenue technology — Attendee
    Green Dot CorporationFinancial technology — Attendee
    Craftsman SoftwareSoftware development — Attendee
    HappopeiDevOps consulting — Attendee
    Information Management GroupIT & cybersecurity — Attendee
    IntellyxTechnology research — Attendee
    Intercept B.V.Cloud services — Attendee
    Abercrombie & Fitch Co.Retail — Attendee
    American Honda Motor Co.Automotive — Attendee
    ArmisCybersecurity — Attendee
    Augmented IntelligenceAI software — Attendee
    BIPROGY USAIT services — Attendee
    BYTE, S.A.IT & cloud services — Attendee
    Canai S.p.A.Enterprise organization — Attendee
    Canon U.S.A.Imaging & technology — Attendee
    CARIADAutomotive software — Attendee
    CodiumSoftware development — Attendee
    CohereEnterprise AI — Attendee
    Concentric SoftwareSoftware — Attendee

    Company profiles

    Amazon Web Services

    Cloud infrastructure

    Amazon Web Services provides cloud computing infrastructure spanning compute, storage, databases, networking, containers, Kubernetes, and AI. AWS supports cloud-native teams through services including Amazon EKS and a broad ecosystem for running distributed applications.

    Google Cloud

    Cloud infrastructure & Kubernetes

    Google Cloud provides cloud infrastructure, data, AI, security, and application-platform services. Google Cloud develops Google Kubernetes Engine and works extensively across Kubernetes, cloud-native infrastructure, and production AI.

    HAProxy Technologies

    Application delivery & networking

    HAProxy Technologies develops application delivery, load balancing, API gateway, and security technology. HAProxy Technologies helps organizations manage high-volume application traffic across Kubernetes, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure.

    Microsoft

    Cloud & Kubernetes

    Microsoft provides Azure cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, AI, data, and developer tools. Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service helps organizations operate containerized applications and cloud-native platforms at enterprise scale.

    Nutanix

    Hybrid cloud infrastructure

    Nutanix provides hybrid multicloud infrastructure and application platforms. Nutanix helps enterprises run virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, data services, and applications across private and public cloud environments.

    Oracle

    Cloud & databases

    Oracle provides cloud infrastructure, databases, enterprise applications, and Kubernetes services. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure supports containerized workloads, databases, AI infrastructure, and high-performance cloud applications.

    Red Hat

    Kubernetes & enterprise Linux

    Red Hat develops enterprise open-source software including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift. Red Hat OpenShift provides a Kubernetes application platform for operating cloud-native workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments.

    ScaleOps

    Kubernetes optimization

    ScaleOps provides Kubernetes resource optimization and automation technology. ScaleOps helps platform teams continuously adjust CPU and memory resources to improve application reliability and control cloud infrastructure costs.

    Solo.io

    Cloud networking & service mesh

    Solo.io develops application networking and cloud-native connectivity technology. Solo.io works across service mesh, API gateways, Kubernetes networking, and AI gateway infrastructure.

    Akamai

    Cloud & edge infrastructure

    Akamai provides cloud computing, edge delivery, security, and application infrastructure. Akamai helps organizations run distributed applications closer to users while protecting workloads and APIs across cloud-native environments.

    Canonical

    Linux & Kubernetes

    Canonical develops Ubuntu and infrastructure software for cloud, Kubernetes, AI, and edge computing. Canonical provides Kubernetes distributions and management tools for organizations building open-source infrastructure.

    CAST AI

    Kubernetes optimization

    CAST AI provides Kubernetes automation and cloud optimization software. CAST AI helps teams automate resource provisioning, workload placement, autoscaling, and cost optimization across Kubernetes environments.

    Chainguard

    Software supply chain security

    Chainguard provides secure software supply chain technology, including minimal container images. Chainguard helps engineering teams reduce vulnerabilities and improve the security of software deployed across cloud-native environments.

    ClickHouse

    Database & analytics

    ClickHouse develops a high-performance columnar database for analytics and data-intensive applications. ClickHouse is used across observability, real-time analytics, AI applications, and large-scale cloud-native data workloads.

    Crusoe

    AI cloud infrastructure

    Crusoe builds cloud and data center infrastructure for AI workloads. Crusoe provides GPU computing environments designed for model training, inference, and other accelerated workloads.

    Dash0

    Observability

    Dash0 provides observability technology built around OpenTelemetry. Dash0 helps engineering teams monitor applications, infrastructure, logs, metrics, and traces across cloud-native environments.

    Datadog

    Observability

    Datadog provides monitoring, observability, security, and application-performance technology. Datadog helps engineering teams understand Kubernetes clusters, applications, infrastructure, logs, traces, and cloud services from a unified platform.

    Docker

    Developer infrastructure

    Docker provides developer tools and container technology for building, sharing, and running applications. Docker supports cloud-native development workflows from local environments through container registries and production delivery.

    F5

    Application delivery & networking

    F5 provides application delivery, networking, security, and API infrastructure. F5 helps enterprises manage application traffic and security across Kubernetes, data centers, public clouds, and distributed environments.

    Groundcover

    Cloud-native observability

    Groundcover provides cloud-native observability technology designed for Kubernetes environments. Groundcover helps engineering teams analyze metrics, logs, traces, and application behavior while controlling telemetry costs.

    IBM

    Cloud & enterprise technology

    IBM provides enterprise software, cloud, AI, infrastructure, and consulting services. IBM works across hybrid cloud and Kubernetes through Red Hat OpenShift, automation, data, AI, and application modernization technologies.

    Kubecost

    Kubernetes FinOps

    Kubecost provides cost monitoring and optimization for Kubernetes environments. Kubecost helps engineering and FinOps teams understand workload costs, allocate spend, identify waste, and improve cluster efficiency.

    Infisical

    Secrets management

    Infisical provides secrets management and infrastructure security software. Infisical helps engineering teams securely manage credentials, certificates, keys, and configuration across cloud-native applications.

    Isovalent

    Kubernetes networking & security

    Isovalent develops cloud-native networking, observability, and security technology around Cilium and eBPF. Isovalent helps Kubernetes teams manage network connectivity, policy, service communication, and runtime visibility.

    Nebius

    AI cloud infrastructure

    Nebius provides AI-focused cloud infrastructure including GPU computing, managed Kubernetes, storage, and networking. Nebius is designed for teams building and operating large AI and machine-learning workloads.

    PerfectScale

    Kubernetes optimization

    PerfectScale provides Kubernetes optimization technology for application reliability and infrastructure efficiency. PerfectScale analyzes workloads and recommends or automates resource configuration improvements.

    Port

    Internal developer platforms

    Port provides an internal developer portal for engineering organizations. Port helps platform teams create service catalogs, developer workflows, scorecards, self-service actions, and software ownership visibility.

    Portworx

    Kubernetes storage

    Portworx provides data storage, backup, disaster recovery, and data-management technology for Kubernetes. Portworx helps teams run stateful cloud-native applications across distributed infrastructure.

    Postman

    API development

    Postman provides an API development and collaboration platform. Postman helps engineering teams design, test, document, monitor, and manage APIs across the software development lifecycle.

    Sedai

    Cloud optimization

    Sedai provides autonomous cloud optimization technology. Sedai uses automation to tune cloud resources and application performance across Kubernetes and distributed infrastructure.

    Sidero Labs

    Kubernetes infrastructure

    Sidero Labs develops Talos Linux and Kubernetes infrastructure technology. Sidero Labs helps teams build secure, minimal, API-managed Kubernetes environments.

    Splunk

    Observability & security

    Splunk provides observability, security, and machine-data analytics software. Splunk helps organizations monitor applications and infrastructure, investigate operational issues, and detect security threats across distributed systems.

    SUSE

    Linux & Kubernetes

    SUSE develops enterprise Linux and Kubernetes technology. SUSE's cloud-native portfolio includes Rancher, which helps organizations deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters across hybrid and multicloud environments.

    Teleport

    Infrastructure access

    Teleport provides secure access infrastructure for engineering teams. Teleport manages identity-based access to servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, applications, and cloud resources.

    Traversal

    AI infrastructure operations

    Traversal develops AI-powered technology for infrastructure operations and troubleshooting. Traversal helps engineering teams investigate complex production issues across distributed systems.

    VMware

    Cloud infrastructure

    VMware provides virtualization and cloud infrastructure technology used by enterprises to operate applications across data centers and cloud environments. VMware's portfolio includes technologies for Kubernetes, networking, storage, and private cloud infrastructure.

    Yugabyte

    Distributed databases

    Yugabyte develops YugabyteDB, a distributed SQL database for cloud-native applications. Yugabyte helps organizations run resilient transactional workloads across regions, clouds, and Kubernetes environments.

    Akuity

    Kubernetes & GitOps

    Akuity provides Kubernetes application delivery technology around Argo. Akuity helps platform teams use GitOps to deploy, manage, and govern applications across Kubernetes clusters.

    ControlTheory

    Observability

    ControlTheory develops observability technology for managing telemetry at scale. ControlTheory helps engineering teams control observability pipelines, route data, and improve visibility across cloud-native environments.

    CoreWeave

    GPU cloud infrastructure

    CoreWeave provides GPU cloud infrastructure for AI and accelerated workloads. CoreWeave operates infrastructure designed for model training, inference, rendering, and high-performance computing.

    Couchbase

    Database software

    Couchbase develops a distributed database platform for cloud and edge applications. Couchbase supports operational and AI applications requiring flexible data models, low latency, and scalable infrastructure.

    DevZero

    Developer environments

    DevZero provides cloud development environments for software teams. DevZero gives developers reproducible environments connected to cloud resources without requiring heavy local infrastructure.

    Dynatrace

    Observability

    Dynatrace provides observability and application-performance technology. Dynatrace helps teams monitor Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, applications, user experiences, and security across distributed systems.

    Elastic

    Search & observability

    Elastic develops search, observability, and security technology built around Elasticsearch. Elastic is used for application search, logs, infrastructure monitoring, security analytics, and AI-powered search experiences.

    Gravitee

    API management

    Gravitee provides API management and event-driven application technology. Gravitee helps organizations design, secure, govern, monitor, and manage APIs across cloud-native environments.

    Heroku

    Cloud application platform

    Heroku provides a cloud application platform for deploying and operating software. Heroku abstracts infrastructure management so development teams can focus on building and shipping applications.

    HPE

    Enterprise & cloud infrastructure

    HPE provides enterprise infrastructure, networking, cloud, storage, and computing technology. HPE supports organizations operating hybrid environments, AI infrastructure, and modern application platforms.

    Intuit

    Financial technology

    Intuit develops financial software including QuickBooks, TurboTax, Credit Karma, and Mailchimp. Intuit operates large-scale cloud and software platforms supported by modern infrastructure and developer tooling.

    Komodor

    Kubernetes operations

    Komodor provides Kubernetes troubleshooting and operations software. Komodor helps engineering teams understand changes, incidents, dependencies, and cluster behavior across Kubernetes environments.

    Kong

    API infrastructure

    Kong develops API gateway and API management technology. Kong helps organizations connect, secure, govern, and observe APIs and services across Kubernetes and distributed application architectures.

    New Relic

    Observability

    New Relic provides observability software for applications and infrastructure. New Relic helps teams monitor Kubernetes, application performance, logs, traces, errors, and digital experiences.

    NVIDIA

    AI & accelerated computing

    NVIDIA develops GPUs, networking technology, AI software, and accelerated computing infrastructure. NVIDIA technology supports Kubernetes environments running production AI training and inference workloads.

    Octopus Deploy

    Continuous delivery

    Octopus Deploy provides continuous delivery and deployment automation software. Octopus Deploy helps software teams coordinate releases across applications, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and complex deployment environments.

    OpenObserve

    Observability

    OpenObserve develops observability software for logs, metrics, and traces. OpenObserve helps engineering teams collect and analyze telemetry while reducing the infrastructure required for large observability workloads.

    Resolve.ai

    AI operations

    Resolve.ai develops AI technology for production operations and incident response. Resolve.ai helps engineering teams investigate problems and automate parts of troubleshooting across modern infrastructure.

    Sysdig

    Cloud-native security

    Sysdig provides cloud-native security and runtime visibility. Sysdig helps organizations secure Kubernetes, containers, cloud workloads, identities, and software supply chains.

    Tailscale

    Networking

    Tailscale provides secure networking built on WireGuard. Tailscale helps teams connect users, machines, services, and infrastructure through identity-based private networks.

    Temporal

    Application infrastructure

    Temporal provides durable execution infrastructure for distributed applications. Temporal helps developers build workflows that continue operating reliably through failures, retries, and infrastructure disruptions.

    Veeam

    Data protection

    Veeam provides backup, recovery, and data-protection software. Veeam supports virtualized, cloud, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments where organizations need resilient application and data recovery.

    Vultr

    Cloud infrastructure

    Vultr provides cloud compute, GPU infrastructure, Kubernetes, storage, and networking services. Vultr serves developers and businesses deploying applications across globally distributed cloud regions.

    Wiz

    Cloud security

    Wiz provides cloud security technology for identifying risks across cloud infrastructure. Wiz helps security teams understand vulnerabilities, identities, configurations, data exposure, and attack paths across cloud environments.

    Zesty

    Cloud optimization

    Zesty provides automated cloud-cost optimization technology. Zesty helps infrastructure teams reduce spending by dynamically adjusting cloud resources to match application demand.

    ActiveState

    Software supply chain

    ActiveState provides software supply chain and open-source dependency management technology. ActiveState helps engineering teams build and manage secure runtime environments for application development.

    AEnix

    Cloud infrastructure

    AEnix provides cloud-native engineering and Kubernetes services. AEnix works with organizations on infrastructure automation, platform engineering, and open-source cloud technologies.

    Aikido

    Application security

    Aikido provides application and cloud security software for development teams. Aikido brings code, dependency, cloud, container, and runtime security into a unified developer-focused platform.

    Aiven

    Cloud data infrastructure

    Aiven provides managed open-source data infrastructure. Aiven helps teams run technologies such as Kafka, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and other data services across public clouds.

    Akamas

    Performance optimization

    Akamas provides AI-powered application performance optimization. Akamas helps teams continuously tune infrastructure and application settings to improve efficiency and performance.

    Akeyless

    Secrets & identity security

    Akeyless provides secrets management, machine identity, and access-security technology. Akeyless helps teams protect credentials and sensitive access across cloud, Kubernetes, and DevOps environments.

    Antithesis

    Software testing

    Antithesis provides autonomous software testing technology. Antithesis helps engineering teams discover difficult bugs by repeatedly testing distributed systems under changing conditions.

    Anyscale

    AI infrastructure

    Anyscale provides an AI computing platform built around Ray. Anyscale helps teams scale machine-learning, inference, and distributed Python workloads across cloud infrastructure.

    Apollo GraphQL

    API infrastructure

    Apollo GraphQL provides GraphQL infrastructure for building and operating APIs. Apollo helps development teams connect services into a unified data layer for applications.

    Arpio

    Disaster recovery

    Arpio provides disaster recovery technology for cloud applications. Arpio helps organizations protect AWS and Kubernetes workloads and recover infrastructure after outages or security incidents.

    Better Stack

    Observability

    Better Stack provides observability and incident-management technology. Better Stack combines logs, monitoring, uptime checks, status pages, and incident response for software teams.

    observIQ

    Telemetry & observability

    observIQ develops telemetry management technology including Bindplane. observIQ helps engineering teams collect, transform, route, and control observability data across OpenTelemetry environments.

    Black Duck

    Application security

    Black Duck provides application security and software composition analysis. Black Duck helps development teams identify open-source, dependency, and software supply chain risks.

    Blacksmith

    CI infrastructure

    Blacksmith provides high-performance CI infrastructure for GitHub Actions. Blacksmith helps development teams run software builds and tests faster on managed compute.

    CIQ

    Enterprise Linux & HPC

    CIQ develops enterprise Linux and infrastructure software around Rocky Linux and related technologies. CIQ serves organizations operating cloud, HPC, AI, and large-scale Linux environments.

    Ciroos

    AI operations

    Ciroos develops AI technology for IT and infrastructure operations. Ciroos helps teams investigate production issues by connecting operational data and engineering context.

    ClearML

    MLOps

    ClearML provides MLOps infrastructure for developing and operating machine-learning systems. ClearML helps AI teams manage experiments, data, model training, orchestration, and compute resources.

    CloudBees provides software delivery and CI/CD technology for enterprises. CloudBees helps engineering organizations automate builds, releases, governance, and application delivery.

    Cockroach Labs

    Distributed databases

    Cockroach Labs develops CockroachDB, a distributed SQL database designed for resilient cloud applications. CockroachDB supports transactional workloads across regions and infrastructure environments.

    Coder

    Cloud development environments

    Coder provides cloud development environments for engineering teams. Coder allows developers to work in standardized remote environments running on an organization's own infrastructure.

    Anthropic

    Artificial intelligence

    Anthropic develops Claude and related AI models and platforms. Anthropic operates at the intersection of AI applications, cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and production model deployment.

    Percona

    Open-source databases

    Percona provides open-source database software, support, and services. Percona works across MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes operators, and database infrastructure.

    Diagrid

    Distributed applications

    Diagrid provides distributed application infrastructure based around technologies such as Dapr. Diagrid helps developers build reliable cloud-native applications without managing every distributed-system primitive directly.

    Kubermatic

    Kubernetes management

    Kubermatic provides Kubernetes automation and management software. Kubermatic helps organizations operate Kubernetes clusters across public cloud, private infrastructure, edge, and hybrid environments.

    KodeKloud

    Cloud-native training

    KodeKloud provides hands-on technology training across Kubernetes, DevOps, cloud, Linux, and infrastructure engineering. KodeKloud combines courses with interactive labs for technical learning.

    Lightbend

    Distributed applications

    Lightbend develops distributed application technology around Akka. Lightbend helps engineering teams build responsive, resilient applications across cloud and Kubernetes infrastructure.

    Amnic

    Cloud cost management

    Amnic provides cloud cost-management and FinOps technology. Amnic helps engineering and finance teams understand infrastructure spend and identify opportunities to optimize cloud usage.

    Ampere Computing

    Cloud processors

    Ampere Computing develops cloud-native processors based on Arm architecture. Ampere CPUs are designed for scalable, energy-efficient cloud and data center workloads.

    AppsCode

    Kubernetes software

    AppsCode develops software for Kubernetes data management, databases, backup, and infrastructure operations. AppsCode helps teams operate stateful applications in cloud-native environments.

    ARMO

    Kubernetes security

    ARMO provides Kubernetes security technology around Kubescape. ARMO helps teams identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and runtime risks across Kubernetes clusters.

    MetalBear

    Developer tools

    MetalBear develops mirrord, a developer tool for testing local code in the context of remote Kubernetes environments. MetalBear helps engineers develop against real cloud services without deploying every change.

    LiveKit

    Real-time communications

    LiveKit provides real-time audio, video, and AI communications infrastructure. LiveKit helps developers build voice, video, and agent experiences that require low-latency distributed systems.

    Harness

    DevOps & software delivery

    Harness provides software delivery technology across CI/CD, feature management, cloud cost, reliability, and developer workflows. Harness helps engineering teams automate how applications are built, tested, deployed, and operated.

    Chronosphere

    Observability

    Chronosphere provides observability technology for cloud-native environments. Chronosphere helps engineering teams manage high-volume telemetry and understand application performance across distributed infrastructure.

    Adobe

    Enterprise software

    Adobe provides creative, document, marketing, commerce, and digital-experience software. Adobe operates large cloud services and engineering platforms supporting enterprise and consumer applications at global scale.

    Ericsson

    Telecommunications

    Ericsson develops telecommunications networks, cloud software, and infrastructure for communications providers. Ericsson uses cloud-native architectures across network functions and distributed telecom platforms.

    CVS Health

    Healthcare

    CVS Health operates health care, pharmacy, insurance, and digital health businesses. CVS Health runs large-scale digital and enterprise systems supported by modern cloud and platform infrastructure.

    Syntasso

    Platform engineering

    Syntasso develops platform engineering technology around Kratix. Syntasso helps organizations build internal platforms that give developers self-service access to infrastructure and application capabilities.

    Cloudsmith

    Artifact management

    Cloudsmith provides cloud-native artifact management for software packages and containers. Cloudsmith helps development teams securely distribute, govern, and manage software artifacts across engineering environments.

    PlanetScale

    Database infrastructure

    PlanetScale provides database infrastructure designed for developer-focused cloud applications. PlanetScale helps teams operate highly available relational databases without managing traditional database infrastructure.

    Redpanda

    Streaming data

    Redpanda develops a streaming data platform compatible with Kafka APIs. Redpanda helps organizations process real-time data for applications, analytics, and AI systems.

    Snyk

    Developer security

    Snyk provides developer security technology for code, open-source dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure. Snyk integrates security checks into development workflows so teams can identify risks earlier.

    Aqua Security

    Cloud-native security

    Aqua Security provides cloud-native application protection across containers, Kubernetes, serverless, and software supply chains. Aqua helps security teams protect workloads from development through runtime.

    Testkube

    Kubernetes testing

    Testkube provides cloud-native test orchestration for Kubernetes. Testkube helps engineering teams run and manage tests as part of application delivery and platform workflows.

    HashiCorp

    Infrastructure automation

    HashiCorp develops infrastructure automation products including Terraform, Vault, Consul, and Nomad. HashiCorp technology is widely used for infrastructure provisioning, secrets management, networking, and cloud operations.

    VDURA

    Data infrastructure

    VDURA develops high-performance data infrastructure for AI and HPC workloads. VDURA focuses on storage environments requiring high throughput and scalable access to large datasets.

    Palo Alto Networks

    Cybersecurity

    Palo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity technology across cloud, networks, endpoints, and security operations. Its cloud portfolio helps enterprises secure infrastructure, applications, and workloads across distributed environments.

    Baseten

    AI inference infrastructure

    Baseten provides infrastructure for deploying and serving machine-learning models. Baseten helps AI teams operate inference workloads with managed compute, scaling, and model-serving tooling.

    Tigera

    Kubernetes networking & security

    Tigera provides Kubernetes networking, security, and observability technology around Calico. Tigera helps teams secure workloads and manage network policy across cloud-native environments.

    Obot

    Agentic AI infrastructure

    Obot develops infrastructure for enterprise AI agents. Obot focuses on managing tools, models, permissions, and control around agentic systems.

    Spectro Cloud

    Kubernetes management

    Spectro Cloud provides Kubernetes lifecycle and platform-management technology. Spectro Cloud helps enterprises operate Kubernetes across cloud, edge, data center, and disconnected environments.

    OVHcloud

    Cloud infrastructure

    OVHcloud provides public and private cloud infrastructure, bare metal, storage, networking, and Kubernetes services. OVHcloud serves organizations deploying cloud-native workloads across global infrastructure.

    Qovery

    Developer platform

    Qovery provides an internal developer platform for deploying applications on cloud infrastructure. Qovery abstracts Kubernetes and infrastructure workflows behind self-service developer experiences.

    LINBIT

    Kubernetes storage

    LINBIT develops software-defined storage technology including DRBD. LINBIT provides storage and data-replication infrastructure for Kubernetes, Linux, and highly available systems.

    Kedify

    Kubernetes autoscaling

    Kedify develops Kubernetes autoscaling technology based around KEDA. Kedify helps engineering teams dynamically scale workloads based on application demand and operational signals.

    GitLab

    DevSecOps

    GitLab provides a DevSecOps platform covering source code, CI/CD, security, software planning, and deployment. GitLab helps engineering teams manage software delivery across cloud and Kubernetes environments.

    Cisco

    Networking & infrastructure

    Cisco provides networking, security, observability, collaboration, and data center technology. Cisco's cloud-native portfolio spans network infrastructure, Kubernetes connectivity, application visibility, and security.

    Hitachi

    Enterprise technology

    Hitachi develops industrial, digital, infrastructure, and enterprise technology. Hitachi works across data, cloud, AI, infrastructure, and large-scale digital transformation.

    Augment Code

    AI software development

    Augment Code develops AI coding tools for professional software teams. Augment Code helps developers understand large codebases, generate software, and accelerate engineering workflows.

    Cortex

    Internal developer platform

    Cortex provides an internal developer portal and engineering intelligence platform. Cortex helps organizations manage service ownership, standards, scorecards, developer workflows, and software operations.

    DigitalOcean

    Cloud infrastructure

    DigitalOcean provides cloud computing, managed Kubernetes, databases, storage, and AI infrastructure for developers and growing technology companies.

    Aserto

    Authorization infrastructure

    Aserto provides authorization infrastructure for software applications. Aserto helps developers implement fine-grained permissions and access policies across distributed applications.

    Authzed

    Authorization infrastructure

    Authzed develops permissions infrastructure based on relationship-based access control. Authzed helps developers build scalable authorization systems for complex applications.

    UiPath

    Automation & AI

    UiPath provides enterprise automation and agentic software. UiPath helps organizations automate workflows across applications, business processes, testing, and AI-assisted operations.

    Cohere

    Enterprise AI

    Cohere develops enterprise AI models and platforms. Cohere helps organizations build generative AI, search, retrieval, and agent applications while operating models within enterprise infrastructure.

    What types of companies are at KubeCon North America 2026?

    CategoryRepresentative companies
    Cloud platformsAWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Oracle, Vultr, DigitalOcean, OVHcloud
    Kubernetes platformsRed Hat, SUSE, Sidero Labs, Spectro Cloud, Kubermatic, Canonical
    AI infrastructureNVIDIA, CoreWeave, Anthropic, Baseten, Anyscale, Crusoe, Nebius
    Platform engineeringPort, Cortex, Qovery, Syntasso, Harness, Coder
    ObservabilityDatadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Chronosphere, Dash0, Groundcover
    Cloud securityWiz, Sysdig, Aqua Security, Snyk, Chainguard, Aikido, ARMO
    Networking & service meshHAProxy Technologies, Solo.io, Isovalent, Tailscale, F5, Tigera
    Databases & data infrastructureClickHouse, Couchbase, Cockroach Labs, Yugabyte, PlanetScale, Percona, Redpanda
    Kubernetes optimization & FinOpsScaleOps, CAST AI, PerfectScale, Kubecost, Zesty, Amnic
    CI/CD & developer toolsGitLab, CloudBees, Octopus Deploy, Blacksmith, Testkube, Augment Code
    API infrastructureKong, Gravitee, Postman, Apollo GraphQL
    Storage & data protectionPortworx, Veeam, VDURA, LINBIT
    Enterprise end usersAdobe, CVS Health, Intuit, Ericsson, CARIAD, Honda, Abercrombie & Fitch

    Why KubeCon North America 2026 matters

    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America brings together the companies building cloud-native infrastructure and the engineering teams running it at scale.

    The 2026 company lineup shows how Kubernetes is expanding beyond container orchestration. AI inference, agentic applications, platform engineering, observability, security, networking, databases, developer tooling, and cloud cost optimization are increasingly being built around the same cloud-native stack.

    For sales and partnership teams targeting cloud infrastructure, DevOps, platform engineering, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, observability, databases, or developer tools, KubeCon activity can help surface companies building, adopting, and investing in these technologies.

    How we built this list

    Agent Jesse searched the live web for companies showing clear activity around KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026, including sponsorships, exhibiting, speaking, keynote appearances, company announcements, and participation in co-located events.

    The result is a focused view of companies active across Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, AI, platform engineering, observability, security, networking, databases, and developer tools.

    Last reviewed: September 25, 2026

    Frequently asked questions

    When and where is KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026?

    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 takes place November 9–12, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the main conference running November 10–12.

    Who attends KubeCon North America?

    KubeCon attracts platform engineers, DevOps teams, SREs, software engineers, cloud architects, security teams, AI infrastructure teams, Kubernetes maintainers, enterprise technology leaders, and cloud-native vendors.

    Which major cloud and Kubernetes companies are at KubeCon North America 2026?

    Companies represented include Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Red Hat, Oracle, Nutanix, Canonical, SUSE, Sidero Labs, Spectro Cloud, Kubermatic, DigitalOcean, OVHcloud, and Vultr.

    Which AI infrastructure companies are at KubeCon North America 2026?

    AI infrastructure companies include NVIDIA, CoreWeave, Anthropic, Anyscale, Baseten, Crusoe, Nebius, ClearML, Archestra.ai, Obot, Tensormesh, and VKTR.

    Which platform engineering and developer infrastructure companies are at KubeCon North America 2026?

    Companies represented across platform engineering and developer infrastructure include Port, Cortex, Harness, GitLab, Syntasso, Coder, Qovery, Akuity, CloudBees, Octopus Deploy, Komodor, and Testkube.

    Which observability and cloud security companies are at KubeCon North America 2026?

    Observability and security companies include Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Chronosphere, Dash0, Groundcover, Splunk, Wiz, Sysdig, Aqua Security, Snyk, Chainguard, Tigera, and Palo Alto Networks.

    Which database and data infrastructure companies are at KubeCon North America 2026?

    Companies represented include ClickHouse, Couchbase, Cockroach Labs, Yugabyte, PlanetScale, Percona, Redpanda, Aiven, Portworx, VDURA, and LINBIT.

    What are the main themes at KubeCon North America 2026?

    Key themes include Kubernetes operations, production AI, AI inference, agentic applications, platform engineering, cloud-native security, observability, internal developer platforms, networking, databases, software supply chain security, and infrastructure efficiency.

    Find companies showing active business signals

    Agent Jesse searches the live internet for companies exhibiting at industry events, launching products, deploying infrastructure, building partnerships, raising funding, hiring, and entering new markets.