CNCF Welcomes Adyen as Platinum End User Member to Advance Open Source Financial Infrastructure

Operating over 100 Kubernetes clusters across €1.39T in volume, Adyen brings production-scale fintech expertise to CNCF governance and open source projects

Key Highlights

• Adyen joins the CNCF as a Platinum End User Member, gaining seats on the CNCF Governing Board and End User Technical Advisory Board.
• Operating over 100 Kubernetes clusters with Cilium, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry, Adyen brings production-scale operational expertise to the open source community.
• Adyen open sourced kubectl-rexec, a Kubernetes tool that supports auditable kubectl exec access for regulated cloud native environments.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- KUBECON + CLOUDNATIVECON NORTH AMERICA - The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that Adyen, the global financial technology platform, has joined the foundation as a Platinum End User. The move comes as 87% of financial organizations report clear business value from open source, according to the FINOS 2025 State of Open Source in Financial Services Report, reinforcing Adyen's commitment to advancing the open source technologies that help power secure, scalable financial infrastructure.

Processing billions of transactions each year and €1.39 trillion in volume in 2025, Adyen is investing at the Platinum level to help advance the secure, reliable cloud native infrastructure that financial services require. Its participation brings the operating perspective of a global fintech platform to the open, vendor-neutral community shaping the technologies on which modern finance depends.

"End users are the operational backbone of the cloud native ecosystem, and Adyen represents the pinnacle of high-scale, zero-downtime engineering," said Jonathan Bryce, executive director, CNCF. "Operating over 100 Kubernetes clusters at a global scale gives Adyen unique technical insights. We are thrilled to welcome them as a Platinum End User and look forward to their leadership on our Governing and Technical Advisory Boards."

Adyen's membership provides the cloud native community with a direct feedback loop from an environment where platform availability, performance, and security carry immediate financial weight.

Beyond leveraging Kubernetes, Cilium, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry across its global infrastructure, Adyen actively contributes solutions designed for regulated engineering teams. This includes open sourcing kubectl-rexec, a tool that adds strict auditability to Kubernetes container-access workflows while preserving native developer velocity.

"Investing in the CNCF helps us to maintain full control of our technology," said Pedro Oliveira, VP of Infrastructure. "When you operate at our scale, vendor lock-in isn't an option, and having a seat at the table matters. Bringing our real-world experience to the community lets us help shape the tools we rely on every day, making them more reliable for us and for the broader ecosystem."

As a Platinum End User Member, Adyen will hold a seat on the CNCF Governing Board, which provides business, marketing, and budget oversight for the foundation. The company will also appoint a representative to the End User Technical Advisory Board, which brings end-user needs and perspectives to CNCF community discussions.

To learn more about becoming a CNCF member, visit https://www.cncf.io/about/join/.

About Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry's top developers, end users, and vendors and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by nearly 800 members, including the world's largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.

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