Red Hat Summit 2025

May 20, 2025 · 1h 47m · Boston, Massachusetts

• Matt HicksPresident and CEO, Red Hat

Hicks framed Red Hat's job as bringing AI to the infrastructure companies already run: new "superpowers" for Linux admins in RHEL (image mode, RHEL Lightspeed, security), OpenShift Virtualization as the landing spot for VMs with more cloud partners, and Red Hat AI with vLLM for inference, with AMD, Ford and Visa on stage.

What it announced

• Image mode for RHEL · Red HatImage-based, rollback-friendly RHEL systemsAnnounced
• RHEL Lightspeed · Red HatGen AI assistant in the RHEL CLIAnnounced
• OpenShift Virtualization on Oracle Cloud · Red HatMore clouds for OpenShift VirtualizationAnnounced