CNCF Adds Nine Silver Members Including SoftBank and Crusoe

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The Cloud Native Computing Foundation, or CNCF, has announced the addition of nine new Silver Members, including SoftBank Corp. and Crusoe, as enterprises shift AI workloads from training to inference. The new members span telecommunications, AI infrastructure, cloud hosting, and other sectors, joining nearly 800 members and over 300,000 contributors in the cloud native ecosystem. CNCF executive director Jonathan Bryce said the focus is on getting more from existing infrastructure rather than adding more compute, with open source communities building orchestration and observability layers. The foundation also welcomed Legora as its newest Silver End User Member, a legal AI platform that runs on Kubernetes and other CNCF projects. Silver Members receive benefits valued at over $300,000 USD, including training subscriptions and event discounts.

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SoftBank Corp.
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SoftBank Corp. joins CNCF as a new Silver Member, expanding its involvement in the cloud native ecosystem.

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Legora AB (formerly Leya)Private▲ Positive
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Legora is welcomed as CNCF's newest Silver End User Member, running its legal AI platform on Kubernetes and other CNCF projects.

CrusoePrivate▲ Positive
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Crusoe joins CNCF as a new Silver Member amid the shift of AI workloads from training to inference.

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