Kubernetes is an open source project sponsored by Google. Google offers hosted Kubernetes for the cost of the servers and calls it Google Container Engine. It makes their Cloud Platform more attractive. Ideally, the dependence on Google goes down over time.<p>CoreOS maintains and builds kube-aws[1].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;coreos.com&#x2F;kubernetes&#x2F;docs&#x2F;latest&#x2F;kubernetes-on-aws.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;coreos.com&#x2F;kubernetes&#x2F;docs&#x2F;latest&#x2F;kubernetes-on-aws....</a>