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KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026

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KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026 ran on Apr 30, 2026 in Virtual. It is a Technology conference. ConferenceGrid lists 35 speakers, 6 sponsors and 17 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

KubeCrash: 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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35Speakers
6Sponsors
17Sessions
28Companies · in total

Speakers

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
Danielle Cook
Du'An Lightfoot
Sr. Cloud Networking Developer Advocate · Akamai
Duan Lightfoot
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
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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

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AkamaiPlatinum
NirmataPlatinum
BuoyantGold
IntuitGold
TeleportGold
Relax.aiSilver

Agenda

Selected from 17 sessions.

  • 10:00 am

    Welcome Remarks

  • 10:10 am

    Platform Engineering for AI-Native Applications

  • 10:30 am

    The Infrastructure Era of Agentic AI

  • 10:40 am

    Agents in the Wild: Infrastructure Patterns for Agentic Workloads

  • 11:10 am

    Scaling AI Agents in the Real World: Platform, Guardrails, and Developer Velocity

  • 11:40 am

    AI + Open Source: The New Software Supply Chain

  • 12:25 pm

    Fireside Chat: What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About AI and Security

  • 12:55 pm

    Under the Hood: GPU Inference Serving on Kubernetes

  • 1:25 pm

    No Conflicts Found: Merging Women in Cloud Native & Friends of Dorothy (LGBTQ+)

Quick answers

When is KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026?
KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026 ran on Apr 30, 2026 in Virtual.
Where is KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026 held?
KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026 was held in Virtual.
Who is speaking at KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 35 speakers, including Adriana Villela (OTel End User SIG Maintainer, Principal Developer Advocate, Dynatrace), Alexandra Aldershaab (Senior DevOps Consultant, Eficode) and Amanda Brock (CEO, OpenUK).
Who sponsors KubeCrash: Agentic AI for Platform Engineering 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 6 sponsors, including Akamai, Nirmata, Buoyant, Intuit and Teleport.
Company intelligence

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.

Who's in the room
5All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
22Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Akamai·Intuit·Buoyant·Nirmata·Teleport

Speakers by seniority

34% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite514%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of514%
  • Manager / Lead617%
  • Product13%
  • Engineer · IC823%
  • Marketing / Brand13%
  • Other roles720%

Of 35 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AkamaiSponsor · Platinum2
2IntuitSponsor · Gold2
3BuoyantSponsor · Gold1
4NirmataSponsor · Platinum1
5TeleportSponsor · Gold1
6Relax.aiSponsor · Silver-
7Civo2
8AISECA (AI Security Alliance)1
9American Red Cross1
10BoltMCP1
11Broadcom1
12Deutsche Bahn1
13Dynatrace1
14Eficode1
Sponsors by tier
platinum2
33% of 6
gold3
50% of 6
silver1
17% of 6
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.

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