Key Announcements from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026
Solo is committed to driving innovation in the open-source community. At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026, see how we’re building the future of Agentic AI from operations to infrastructure.

Our Key Announcements from KubeCon Salt Lake City 2026

Optimize K8s to Run Agents at Scale with Agent Substrate + kagent
Agent Substrate and kagent make it possible to run AI agents with fast startup, efficient resource utilization, and secure isolation, without treating every agent like a long-running Kubernetes pod.

Now GA! Build, Deploy, and Scale AI Agents with kagent 1.0
Discover what's new in the new Generally Available kagent 1.0 for building and operating AI agents on Kubernetes.
Agentgateway: Now on Any Infrastructure
Solo Enterprise for agentgateway now runs on Kubernetes or any infrastructure, with standalone deployment, full UI management, and enterprise MCP capabilities.
Introducing agentshield
Agentshield is a new open source project that protects your APIs, services, data, and workloads from AI agents you don't control by mapping attack paths, detecting threats, and helping remediate them at machine speed.
Solo.io Speaker Sessions: Get Technical
Join our engineers for deep dives into Kubernetes, agentic AI, service mesh, and cloud native networking.
Solo.io Keynotes: What's Next for Cloud Native?
Hear from Solo.io leaders about the technologies shaping the future of cloud native and agentic infrastructure.

New Agent Substrate Book from Christian Posta
Get practical guidance from Christian Posta's new book, "Agent Substrate: From Pods to Sandboxes"
5-Minute Hands-On
Technical Labs
Stop by our booth to take short hands-on technical labs. Explore the latest cloud and AI infrastructure tools, and earn Credly badges.
5-Minute Hands-On Technical Labs
- Stop by our booth (#121) for short, hands-on technical labs
- Explore the latest cloud and AI infrastructure tools
- Labs include agent skills, MCP, kagent, agentregistry, Istio, kgateway, and much more
- Earn Credly badges and win t-shirts for completing the labs

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