New CNCF report: 75% of cloud-native developers ship code with AI. Jonathan Bryce explains why.

AI adoption is accelerating among cloud-native developers, who are leading the charge in integrating artificial intelligence into software development. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) Q3 2026 State of Cloud Native Development report, 21.2 million developers—41% of the global developer population—work with cloud-native technologies. Of those, 75% use AI to write and ship code, compared with just 50% of non-cloud-native developers.