For years, the potential of AI in operations has been a hot topic, often promising more than it delivers. As Kubernetes environments grow increasingly complex, the limitations of traditional monitoring and troubleshooting tools become glaringly apparent. But with the rise of GenAI, a new question emerges: Is AI finally ready to transform the way we manage and optimize Kubernetes Operations?

Ellen is a Partner at boldstart. She joined the boldstart team in January 2021, after having worked with the team as a founder at Dark. Her role allows her to do exactly what she loves – investing and supporting founders building pre-product, dev-focused, enterprise companies. Prior to boldstart and founding Dark, she worked in a variety of early stage product roles: at Lola on travel tooling, at Kickstarter on backer-facing projects, and at Microsoft on the first versions of cross-platform Office Mobile. The common thread is building tools that enable people to do creative work.