I used an AI to go through all the KubeCon 2023 sponsors and sort them into themes so that you don't have to

Hey there! I'm super stoked to share my thoughts from KubeCon 2023 with you all! ??

This was my first time at the conference and let me tell you, it was nothing short of mind-blowing! ??

Seeing the Kubernetes ecosystem in action was truly amazing - the sheer scale of what it's capable of is awe-inspiring. It's incredible to think about how one technology can support so many companies and create such a vast array of job opportunities! ??

And wow, the themes that emerged during the expo were really interesting - it will be fascinating to see where these companies are in a year, two years, or five years from now. Will they still be there? Will they have been acquired, or merged? Or will they pivot to entirely new areas? ??

All in all, I'm so grateful to have had the chance to experience KubeCon 2023 - it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime event! ??

There were 250+ exhibitors, I talked to many (not just for the swag ??) and categorized them into the following themes. ??

Connectivity

Caching, global load balancer, private connectivity.

• Netris https://netris.io/
• ngrok https://ngrok.com/
• Synadia https://www.synadia.com/
• Tailscale https://tailscale.com/

Observability

• SigScalr https://www.sigscalr.io/
• Robusta.dev https://home.robusta.dev/
• Axoflow https://www.axoflow.com/
• rookout https://www.rookout.com/
• percona https://www.percona.com/
• Observe https://www.observeinc.com/
• observIQ https://observiq.com/
• Site24x7 https://www.site24x7.com/
• Logz.io https://logz.io/
• Isovalent https://isovalent.com/
• kentik https://www.kentik.com/
• groundcover https://groundcover.com/
• Edge Delta https://edgedelta.com/

Incident alerting, incident management

• Zenduty https://www.zenduty.com/
• Rootly https://www.rootly.com/
• Transposit https://www.transposit.com/

Data and AI

Everything about databases, data stores, AI and machine learning, GPU for AI.

• Datavail https://www.datavail.com/
• Dragonflydb https://www.dragonflydb.io/
• Greptime Logo https://www.greptime.com/
• KubeBlocks https://www.kubeblocks.io/
• Metis Data https://www.metisdata.io/
• Outerbounds https://outerbounds.com/
• percona https://www.percona.com/
• PingCap https://pingcap.com/
• pipekit https://pipekit.io/
• redis https://redis.com/
• Redpanda https://redpanda.com/
• Run:AI https://www.run.ai/
• Salad Technologies https://salad.com/
• victoria metrics https://victoriametrics.com/products/open-source/

Security

CNAPP

Real-time, runtime security

• Spyderbat https://www.spyderbat.com/
• Operant https://www.operant.ai/
• KSOC https://ksoc.com/
• Arnica https://www.arnica.io/
• Accuknox https://www.accuknox.com/
• Upwind https://www.upwind.io/
• tigera https://www.tigera.io/
• sentinelone https://www.sentinelone.com/
• Qwiet https://qwiet.ai/
• Otterize https://otterize.com/
• Mayhem https://www.mayhem.security/

Vulnerability tracking and fixes, security

• Slim.AI https://www.slim.ai/
• paladin cloud https://paladincloud.io/
• P0 https://www.p0.dev/
• Opus Security https://www.opus.security/
• deepfactor https://www.deepfactor.io/
• controlplane https://controlplane.io/
• Chainguard https://www.chainguard.dev/
• Tenable https://www.tenable.com/
• orca security https://orca.security/
• cycode https://cycode.com/

Identity and Access Management, roles, permissions

• Cerbos https://cerbos.dev/
• aserto https://www.aserto.com/?utm_source=kubeconspon
• apono https://www.apono.io/
• aembit.io https://www.aembit.io/
• Nirmata https://nirmata.com/
• cyberark https://www.cyberark.com/

Code security

• Scribe Security https://scribesecurity.com/
• monokle https://monokle.io/
• GitGuardian https://c.gitguardian.com/kubecon23

Audit, compliance, DevSecOps

• TestifySec https://www.testifysec.com/
• LightLytics https://lightlytics.com/
• Compliance Cow https://compliancecow.com/
• OpsMx https://www.opsmx.com/

Development

Internal development platform, CI/CD, app development platform, Software Supply Chain.

• Cosmonic https://www.cosmonic.com/
• cloudsmith https://cloudsmith.com/
• Devtron https://www.devtron.ai/
• duplocloud https://duplocloud.com/
• Giant Swarm https://giantswarm.io/
• Humanitec https://humanitec.com/
• Initializ https://www.initializ.ai/
• kubefirst https://kubefirst.io/
• Nethopper https://www.nethopper.io/
• Northflank https://northflank.com/
• Okteto https://okteto.com/
• Port https://getport.io/
• uffizzi https://uffizzi.com/
• upbound https://upbound.io/
• Randoli https://www.randoli.io/
• Qleet https://www.qleet.io/
• Namespace Labs https://namespace.so/
• Ozone https://www.ozone.one/
• harness https://harness.io/

Docs, code tools, code helper

• Moment https://www.moment.dev/
• Fiberplane https://fiberplane.com/
• Code Narrator https://codenarrator.ai/
• amplication https://www.amplication.com/
• Sourcegraph https://about.sourcegraph.com/

Automation, Infrastructure-as-Code, Blueprints

• Firefly https://www.gofirefly.io/
• autocloud https://www.autocloud.dev/
• Spacelift https://spacelift.io/
• pulumi https://www.pulumi.com/
• rafay https://rafay.co/
• hashicorp https://www.hashicorp.com/
• garden https://garden.io/
• env0 https://www.env0.com/

Testing

Testing tools, troubleshooting, chaos testing, reliability management.

• gremlin https://www.gremlin.com/
• Lumigo https://www.lumigo.io/
• roost.ai https://roost.ai/
• Signadot https://www.signadot.com/
• steadybit https://steadybit.com/
• testkube https://testkube.io/
• tracetest https://tracetest.io/

Optimization

Cost optimization, FinOps, cost reduction, performance analysis, app acceleration.

• DoIT https://www.doit.com/
• Finout https://finout.io/
• kloudfuse https://www.kloudfuse.com/
• Pepperdata https://www.pepperdata.com/
• PerfectScale https://www.perfectscale.io/
• ScaleOps https://scaleops.com/
• Sosivio https://www.sosiv.io/
• SpeedScale https://speedscale.com/
• Stormforge https://www.stormforge.io/
• Unikraft https://unikraft.io/
• Vantage https://www.vantage.sh
• Zesty https://zesty.co/

Operations

Cluster management, AIOps, deployment but also sometimes it seems it is everything from build, to test, to deploy, to operate.

• Kubeark https://kubeark.com/
• elotl https://www.elotl.co/
• chkk https://www.chkk.io/
• Avesha https://www.avesha.io/
• Spot By NetApp https://spot.io/
• Spectro cloud https://www.spectrocloud.com/
• Komodor https://komodor.com/
• Mirantis https://www.mirantis.com/
• Kubermatic https://www.kubermatic.com/
• Senser https://senser.tech/
• pagerduty https://www.pagerduty.com
• Prodvana https://www.prodvana.io/
• octopus deploy https://octopus.com/
• platform9 https://platform9.com/
• PromptOps https://www.promptops.com/devops/
• kubiya.ai https://www.kubiya.ai/
• Shoreline.io https://shoreline.io/