Google hands gVisor, Agent Substrate, and OpenRL to the CNCF to make them the Kubernetes of AI agents
On November 5, 2026, Google announced the donation of gVisor, Agent Substrate, and OpenRL to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation — three building blocks that run, isolate, and train autonomous AI agents. Under neutral governance, gVisor hopes to repeat Kubernetes’ trajectory and escape the hyperscalers’ backyard.