# Bad Influence story: Modal becomes a gVisor maintainer as the project joins the CNCF

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 17:17. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/d8936094-2c46-4ecf-b208-166f814fb44c

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Latest update (11-11 17:17): Modal becomes a maintainer as gVisor joins the CNCF

Overview: gVisor, the container sandbox project, is joining the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and Modal is becoming one of its maintainers. Modal says it has run gVisor since its first day and has contributed GPU support, multi-node training, snapshots and other features upstream, all as open source.

The announcement was posted on X by Modal on November 11, 2026. The report does not describe the CNCF's terms for the project or any change to gVisor's license.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-11 17:17 · Modal · [Modal becomes a maintainer as gVisor joins the CNCF](https://badinfluence.news/items/duwj4ao7igdq9z5k7an7ilat6)
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