Darren Shepherd is Chief Architect at Obot AI, where he works on open-source infrastructure for managing and governing AI agents, tools, and MCP servers. He previously co-founded Rancher Labs and served as its CTO, helping create Rancher’s cloud-native infrastructure projects, including K3s.
Darren Shepherd is Chief Architect at Obot AI, where he works on open-source infrastructure for managing and governing AI agents, tools, and MCP servers. He previously co-founded Rancher Labs and served as its CTO, helping create Rancher’s cloud-native infrastructure projects, including K3s.
Career
Darren Shepherd studied at California State University, Northridge.