Pulumi has announced several new open-source projects to enhance its Kubernetes support, developed in collaboration with leading cloud-native engineering teams. These new features include the Pulumi Kubernetes Operator, which offers a Kubernetes-native GitOps experience, and the kube2pulumi tool for converting YAML manifests into Pulumi-supported programming languages, thus simplifying Infrastructure-as-Code for complex Kubernetes applications. Additionally, Pulumi now supports Open Policy Agent (OPA)-based policies within its CrossGuard framework, and the crd2pulumi tool allows for the creation of strongly-typed APIs from Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions, facilitating the management of API extensions. The integration of Helm 3 and Kustomize into Pulumi programs further enriches its Kubernetes capabilities. These innovations aim to streamline infrastructure delivery, enforce policy, and apply robust software engineering practices to Kubernetes workloads, making Pulumi an attractive option for modern cloud projects.