F5 Elevates to Gold Membership in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Application delivery and security provider strengthens collaboration to drive secure, scalable cloud native innovation Key Highlights: F5 has elevated its membership to Gold within the CNCF, strengthening its commitment to open source cloud native innovation. The upgrade broadens F5’s collaboration on key projects like OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes Ingress and Gateway API, enhancing secure networking, application delivery and AI-driven observability in the ecosystem. F5 is committed to fostering and supporting cloud native innovation by enhancing the security and scalability of Kubernetes and multicloud infrastructures within the CNCF, including resources for complex AI inference workloads. AMSTERDAM—26 March 2026— The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that F5 has upgraded its membership to Gold, reinforcing its commitment to advancing open source cloud native technologies. F5, a provider in hybrid multicloud application delivery and security, is broadening its involvement in the CNCF community to foster and support cloud native innovation. The company is the corporate sponsor of NGINX and is a contributor to CNCF projects, including OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes Ingress and Gateway API innovations. By further investing in the CNCF, F5 is enhancing secure networking for Kubernetes while improving the visibility and reliability of cloud native infrastructures worldwide. “Expanding to Gold Membership in the CNCF reflects our dedication to fostering innovation and collaboration in the cloud native ecosystem,” said Kunal Anand, chief product officer at F5. “F5 holds a deep heritage of open source from its careful stewardship of the NGINX project. With the CNCF, we aim to empower organizations with the tools they need to deliver not only today’s workloads but openly develop the tools for delivering modern AI-workloads on Kubernetes which the CNCF has reported as being the standard AI platform. This aligns with our broader vision to simplify the complexities of modern application infrastructures. ” F5 brings deep expertise in delivering cloud native solutions for networking, security and AI-driven observability.