Sponsored Keynote: Scaling Platform Ops with AI Agents: Troubleshootin... J. Palma & N. Yellin (ASL)

This keynote covers the deployment of AI agents for maintaining Kubernetes clusters at scale, presented by Jorge Palma, Principal PDM Manager at Microsoft, and Natan Yellin, CEO of Robusta. The speakers introduce HolmesGPT, an open-source CNCF sandbox project that integrates large language models with operational and observability data to diagnose production issues efficiently. They demonstrate how these AI agents can significantly reduce Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) by quickly correlating logs, metrics, and cluster states, while also addressing the complexities of moving from diagnosis to remediation with autonomous issue detection and resolution. The talk emphasizes that the goal is to enhance Site Reliability Engineers' effectiveness, allowing them to concentrate on innovative problem-solving and system design rather than manual troubleshooting.