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KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026

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ubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering brings together open source maintainers, AI experts, and platform practitioners to explore how platform teams can prepare their cloud native infrastructure for the new challenges introduced by agentic workflows. The event provides actionable insights, real-world stories, and hands-on strategies for building scal…

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30Voices
6Underwriters
0Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
28Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at KubeCrash:, in alphabetical order.
Adriana Villela
OTel End User SIG Maintainer, Principal Developer Advocate · Dynatrace
Alexandra Aldershaab
Senior DevOps Consultant · Eficode
Amanda Brock
CEO · OpenUK
Amber Bennoui
Founding Member · AISECA (AI Security Alliance)
Beatriz Datangel Rodgers
Product Marketing · Root
Boris Kurktchiev
Field CTO · Teleport
Chase Pettet
Principal Security Engineer · Life360
Chris Plank
Enterprise Architect · NatWest
Cortney Nickerson
Head of Community · Nirmata
Du'An Lightfoot
Sr. Cloud Networking Developer Advocate · Akamai
Eddie Wassef
Managing Director · JPMorgan Chase
Evaline Ju
Senior Software Engineer · IBM
Felix Becker
Senior Manager Internal Developer Platforms · Deutsche Bahn
Flynn
Technical Evangelist · Buoyant
Hanah-Marie Darley
Co-founder, Chief AI Officer · Geordie AI
Josh Mesout
Chief Innovation Officer · Civo
Keith Mattix
Principal Software Engineer Lead · Microsoft
Lena Hall
Senior Director, Developers & AI Engineering · Akamai
Liana Anca Tomescu
Founder · SonnyLabs.ai
Mallika Rao
Senior Engineering Manager · Zocdoc
Matt Barker
CEO & Co-Founder · BoltMCP
Matthew Cascio
IT Executive Director · American Red Cross

— and 8 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AkamaiPlatinum
NirmataPlatinum
BuoyantGold
IntuitGold
TeleportGold
Relax.aiSilver
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 28 companies show up — and 5 bet on three roles at once?

28 companies. five are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
5All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
22Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Akamai·Intuit·Buoyant·Nirmata·Teleport

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

40% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite517%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of517%
  • Manager / Lead620%
  • Product13%
  • Engineer · IC827%
  • Marketing / Brand13%
  • Other roles27%

Of 30 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01AkamaiSp·P2V
  2. 02IntuitSp·G2V
  3. 03BuoyantSp·G1V
  4. 04NirmataSp·P1V
  5. 05TeleportSp·G1V
  6. 06Relax.aiSp·S
  7. 07Civo2V
  8. 08AISECA (AI Security Alliance)1V
  9. 09American Red Cross1V
  10. 10BoltMCP1V
  11. 11Broadcom1V
  12. 12Deutsche Bahn1V
  13. 13Dynatrace1V
  14. 14Eficode1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum2
33% of 6
gold3
50% of 6
silver1
17% of 6
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters