What's New in GKE at Next '26: Kubernetes Just Got Smarter (and Cheaper)

This is a submission for the Google Cloud NEXT Writing Challenge Kubernetes as the OS of the AI Era At Google Cloud Next '26, Google made one thing pretty clear: Kubernetes is no longer just a container orchestrator. It's quickly becoming the operating system of the AI era. The numbers speak for themselves. GKE now powers AI workloads for all of Google's top 50 customers on the platform, including the biggest frontier model builders out there. In just a few months, multi-agent AI workflows surge