KubeCon China – Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) celebrates 10 years of growth. But are clouds gathering?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 is a leaner and more focused event than last year's conference in Hong Kong. In 2024, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosted a three-day jamboree, which incorporated the Open Source Summit and AI_dev China, featuring luminaries such as Linux prime mover, Linus Torvalds – see my reports from last year.

In 2025, the conference has shifted from the Kowloon side of the water to the center of Hong Kong Island, where it offers a more concise two-day program. More significantly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) no longer requires its own track or summit; it is now part of the everyday reality of cloud-native and Open Source computing. Last year? Well, that was a century ago in AI development.

So, what of the CNCF itself, now that AI has moved center stage, just as KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China has moved to the center of Hong Kong? A city that ...