Is Mirantis going all in on AI? According to CEO and Co-Founder Alex Freedland, the answer is unequivocally yes. But Mirantis isn’t just chasing the trend—it’s helping shape the foundational layers of how AI gets built, deployed, and standardized.

In this exclusive TFiR clip, Freedland walks through Mirantis’ long journey—from OpenStack to containers to Kubernetes—and now to AI. That trajectory has equipped the company with deep expertise in orchestrating complex infrastructure across bare metal, VMs, and containers. Now, the same orchestration logic is being applied to AI clusters, positioning Mirantis as a key infrastructure enabler in this new era.

The company is actively working with 35+ partners—NVIDIA among them—to ensure that the future of AI remains open and accessible, much like the early days of OpenStack and Kubernetes.

Freedland emphasizes that the industry needs to avoid repeating past mistakes. Proprietary paths may seem faster but rarely win long-term. The most impactful technologies—OpenStack, Kubernetes—succeeded because of community adoption and open governance. Mirantis is betting that AI’s future will follow the same path.

“Are we going all in on AI? Yes. But we’re standing on the shoulders of what’s been built before—it wouldn’t be possible otherwise.”

Watch the full video to hear how Mirantis plans to shape the next wave of cloud-native innovation—this time, for AI.