The Virtually Speaking Podcast is a weekly technical podcast dedicated to discussing VMware topics related to private and hybrid cloud. Each week Pete Flecha and John Nicholson bring in various subject matter experts from VMware, recently acquired by Broadcom, and within the industry to discuss their respective areas of expertise.
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Coming to you from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 in Salt Lake City, the Virtually Speaking Podcast welcomes back Dilpreet for a conversation about the future of Kubernetes, open collaboration, and the growing demands of AI workloads.
Following his KubeCon keynote, Dilpreet joins Pete Flecha and Niran to discuss Broadcom’s latest contributions to the CNCF ecosystem, including the VM API project’s acceptance into the CNCF Sandbox and the new Workload Conformance Working Group.
The conversation explores why consistent Kubernetes experiences matter across infrastructure providers, how virtual machines and containers can coexist under a common control plane, and what emerging AI agent workloads mean for infrastructure security.
We also discuss VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), opportunities around Agent Substrate, and efforts to simplify deploying AI models on-premises.
Topics include:
VM API and bringing virtual machines into Kubernetes through a common abstraction
Workload conformance and improving application portability across Kubernetes distributions
AI agents, secure execution environments, and infrastructure security
VKS and the role of Kubernetes in private AI
Why Broadcom is investing in upstream CNCF collaboration
Making on-premises AI deployment simpler and more accessible
Chapters
00:00 Introduction from KubeCon 2026
00:31 Dilpreet’s keynote and CNCF announcements
01:46 VM API joins the CNCF Sandbox
02:43 Why Kubernetes needs a common VM abstraction
03:31 Hybrid environments and AI workload portability
04:15 VKS and the infrastructure demands of AI
05:19 Exploring Agent Substrate and secure AI execution
06:53 Security and governance for AI agents
07:38 Introducing the Workload Conformance Working Group
08:43 Solving Kubernetes portability challenges
09:18 Why Broadcom contributes to open source
10:24 Getting started with Kubernetes and VKS
11:12 Simplifying on-premises AI deployment
11:55 KubeCon booth highlights and hands-on demos
12:46 Closing thoughts
Subscribe to the VMware Cloud Foundation YouTube channel for more Virtually Speaking conversations from KubeCon 2026.
#KubeCon #Kubernetes #VMwareCloudFoundation #CloudNative #CNCF #PrivateAI #VirtuallySpeaking Pete Flecha: Coming to you from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 in Salt Lake City, the Virtually Speaking Podcast welcomes back Dilpreet for a conversation about the future of Kubernetes, open collaboration, and the growing demands of AI workloads.
Following his KubeCon keynote, Dilpreet joins Pete Flecha and Niran to discuss Broadcom’s latest contributions to the CNCF ecosystem, including the VM API project’s acceptance into the CNCF Sandbox and the new Workload Conformance Working Group.
The conversation explores why consistent Kubernetes experiences matter across infrastructure providers, how virtual machines and containers can coexist under a common control plane, and what emerging AI agent workloads mean for infrastructure security.
We also discuss VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), opportunities around Agent Substrate, and efforts to simplify deploying AI models on-premises.
Topics include:
- VM API and bringing virtual machines into Kubernetes through a common abstraction
- Workload conformance and improving application portability across Kubernetes distributions
- AI agents, secure execution environments, and infrastructure security
- VKS and the role of Kubernetes in private AI
- Why Broadcom is investing in upstream CNCF collaboration
- Making on-premises AI deployment simpler and more accessible
Subscribe to the VMware Cloud Foundation YouTube channel for more Virtually Speaking conversations from KubeCon 2026.
#KubeCon #Kubernetes #VMwareCloudFoundation #CloudNative #CNCF #PrivateAI #VirtuallySpeaking
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