Friday Five — October 23, 2026

Red Hat AI Factory with NVIDIA Accelerates Agentic AI Security Capabilities Across the Open Hybrid Cloud

Red Hat and NVIDIA expanded their collaboration around Red Hat AI Factory with NVIDIA, spanning agent security through OpenShell, optimized open weights inference, and Day 0 enablement for NVIDIA Vera Rubin infrastructure to support safer agentic AI across the open hybrid cloud. Learn more

BizTech Magazine - How Project Lightwell Protects the Modern Open-Source Enterprise From Emerging Threats

Red Hat's Ben Breard explains how IBM and Red Hat's Project Lightwell uses AI and a trusted clearinghouse to validate and deliver open source security fixes at scale, giving network members patched code ahead of public disclosure as exploit windows shrink. Learn more

Join us for a global virtual event | What’s Next in Open Source Security

Join Red Hat's inaugural virtual event on November 12, to hear from security leaders, platform teams, and developers on machine-speed open source security—from AI-driven threats to remediation without an upgrade tax. Learn more

Red Hat Summit 2027 call for proposals is now open

The call for proposals for Red Hat Summit 2027 is open through November 30, 2026. Red Hat invites customers, partners, and associates to submit sessions for the May 24–27, 2027 event in Boston, focused on Red Hat technologies and the open ecosystem. Learn more

How Delta Air Lines scaled AI-native development to 1,200 engineers with cloud development environments

Delta Air Lines scaled Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces to more than 1,200 developers, cutting onboarding time and enabling AI-native workflows in the cloud—so agents keep running without draining laptops while enterprise security stays the default. Learn more