The Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM) has proven to be amazing at building consistent, high quality APIs. Its extensibility has driven mass adoption by third party “operators”. The kcp project (accepted into the CNCF Sandbox in 2023) extends Kubernetes API concepts beyond container orchestration. This talk will discuss how kcp supercharges platforms with a global control plane for service APIs. As a central API layer, kcp enables a SaaS-like experience between internal service providers and developers, transforming internal developer platforms into a service marketplace. All via concepts and tools that developers working with Kubernetes already know and love. kcp expands the world of platform engineering beyond the limits of single Kubernetes clusters, and therefore transforms the scale at which platform teams and internal service providers can operate. This talk will explore patterns for both service providers and developers and how kcp makes their lives easier.