le=padding-bottom:100%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.23/blog/2024/istio-phippy/Izzy.png title><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.23/blog/2024/istio-phippy/Izzy.png alt="Izzy, the Istio Dolphin"></a></div><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p>Istio stands on the shoulders of several other CNCF projects, including Kubernetes, Envoy, Prometheus, and Helm. Izzy is proud to join Phippy, Hazel, and Captain Kube’s gang, taking cloud native to the masses.</p><figure style=width:75%><div class=wrapper-with-