He answers this to some extent here: > Relationship between Jenkins and Jenkins X Jenkins is the core CI/CD engine within Jenkins X. So Jenkins X is built on t

He answers this to some extent here: > Relationship between Jenkins and Jenkins X Jenkins is the core CI/CD engine within Jenkins X. So Jenkins X is built on the massive shoulders of Jenkins and its awesome community. > We are proposing Jenkins X as a sub project within the Jenkins foundation as Jenkins X has a different focus: automating CI/CD for the cloud using Jenkins plus other open source tools like Kubernetes, Helm, Git, Nexus/Artifactory etc. > Over time we are hoping Jenkins X can help drive some changes in Jenkins itself to become more cloud native, which will benefit the wider Jenkins community in addition to Jenkins X.