Name: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - Why Platforms & AI Need Each Other - Atulpriya Sharma, Improving & Ram Iyengar, Cloud Foundry
Start: 2026-06-18T15:10:00+0530
End: 2026-06-18T15:40:00+0530

18-19 June
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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - Why Platforms & AI Need Each Other - Atulpriya Sharma, Improving & Ram Iyengar, Cloud Foundry

Thursday June 18, 2026 3:10pm - 3:40pm IST

Jasmine 2 (Level 3)

A match made in heaven, or one hell of a couple? Platform teams spent 2 years perfecting golden paths for cloud-native infrastructure. 5 engineers managing 100 services.

Last week, a new AI agent generated the same config in 30 seconds. This week they're managing 5 LLM models across 200 services. The future seems one-sided. This couple needs counselling.

This is escalating abstraction: Platforms reduce k8s chaos. AI automates those paths at breakneck speed. But AI-generated configs violate platform policies. Platforms enforce governance via admission controllers. Governance needs observability. Observability reveals the gap: no model lifecycle management, no agent audit trails, no cost control APIs.

This talk traces real interdependencies: deprecating models, managing sprawl, isolating agents, controlling budgets. You'll learn what exists - CNCF AI Conformance, tools, working groups & the critical gaps.

Right now, there's no greater agony than rationalising AI without platforms.

Speakers

Ram Iyengar

India Community lead, OpenSSF

Ram Iyengar is an engineer by practice and an educator at heart. He was (cf) pushed into technology evangelism along his journey as a developer and hasn’t looked back since! He enjoys helping engineering teams around the world discover new and creative ways to work. He is a proponent... Read More →

Atulpriya Sharma

Principal Developer Advocate | CNCF Ambassador, Improving

Manual tester turned developer advocate. I talk about Cloud Native, Kubernetes & DevOps to help others adopt cloud native. I also create content – blog posts, webinars – & host Twitter spaces and strongly believe in collaborative learning and growth.

In addition, I'm also a CNCF Ambassador and the organizer of CNCF Hyderabad. When I am not working, I’m a food & travel blogger & love exploring eateries & going on road trips. You can find me at @TheTechMaharaj on Twitter... Read More →

Thursday June 18, 2026 3:10pm - 3:40pm IST
Jasmine 2 (Level 3)

Platform Engineering

Content Experience Level Any

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2026

Ram Iyengar

Atulpriya Sharma

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