# Backstage in Atlanta: Highlights from BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025

DevFeed: [Backstage in Atlanta: Highlights from BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/backstage-in-atlanta-highlights-from-backstagecon-and-kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america-2025-12113.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://backstage.io/blog/2025/11/25/backstagecon-kubecon-25-atlanta>)

Author: Kate Klymkovska, Spotify & André Wanlin, Spotify

Published: 2025-11-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Backstage Software Catalog and Developer Platform Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/backstage-software-catalog-and-developer-platform-blog.md>)

Topics: [Backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backstage.md>), [devex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devex.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

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## AI overview

A recap of BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 in Atlanta, covering Backstage talks, community activities, adoption and scaling discussions, governance, deployment models, and selected use cases. It also notes the release of the New Frontend System and work toward an AI-Native Backstage.

## Source excerpt

Backstage in Atlanta: Highlights from BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025