It's similar, although distinct. By building on a common foundation of Google networking dataplane bits, Jake's team (and peer teams) get easier integration with Google's other networking infrastructure for features like DoS protection, encryption, etc. The core bits underlying Andromeda 2.1 are related to those used for Espresso (
https://www.blog.google/topics/google-cloud/making-google-cl... — HN discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14037830).