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# Trust, But Verify: Continuous GPU Validation at Scale


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

AI infrastructure has long been dominated by a single ecosystem, but the model is changing. In this session, Kyle Bell from TensorWave explores how to build & operate large-scale AI clusters on AMD Instinct GPUs using Kubernetes as the orchestration backbone.

Attendees will learn about:
AMD-specific technologies like ROCm, GPU Operator, & RVS (ROCm Validation Suite).
Kubernetes integration patterns for AI scheduling, node triage, & GPU telemetry.
Slurm-on-Kubernetes for HPC-style orchestration, & how it impacts resource management and observability.
Custom convergence testing & GPU validation pipelines that ensure reliability at scale.
This talk provides an open-source roadmap for operators, ML engineers, and platform teams who want to move beyond vendor lock-in while maintaining reliability, performance, & observability at scale.
Viewers will walk away with practical guidance on designing Kubernetes clusters purpose-built for AMD Instinct GPUs, integrating ROCm into existing cloud-native toolchains, applying reliability engineering patterns for AI workloads, & building open sustainable infrastructure that contributes to a more diverse AI hardware ecosystem.


## Speaker

### [Kyle Bell](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@kyle-bell)

VP of AI @ TensorWave


## Related talks at this congress

- [Agents That Own Their Inference: Building Production AI Agents on Dedicated GPUs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1717-agents-that-own) — Duan Lightfoot
- [Who Tests the AI? Building Trustworthy AI Systems at Enterprise Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1693-who-tests-the-ai) — Him Raj Singh
- [Reinventing Testing Practices in the AI Era](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1724-reinventing-testing) — Eric Deandrea
- [Autonomous Infrastructure: Building AI Agents for Global-Scale Capacity Efficiency](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1403-autonomous) — Gregoire Colin, Tommy Tran

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