Kubernetes (κυβερνήτης, Greek for "governor", "helmsman" or "captain")[1] was founded by Joe Beda, Brendan Burns and Craig McLuckie,[6] who were quickly joined by other Google engineers including Brian Grant and Tim Hockin, and was first announced by Google in mid-2014.[7] Its development and design are heavily influenced by Google's Borg system,[8][9] and many of the top contributors to the project previously worked on Borg.