diff --git a/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-inference-nodepool-xlarge.yaml b/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-inference-nodepool-xlarge.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3572c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-inference-nodepool-xlarge.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+apiVersion: karpenter.sh/v1
+kind: NodePool
+metadata:
+  name: ai-ml-inference-xlarge-${AZ}
+spec:
+  disruption:
+    budgets:
+    - nodes: 10%
+    consolidateAfter: 0s
+    consolidationPolicy: WhenEmptyOrUnderutilized
+  replicas: 10
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        purpose: ml-xlarge
+    spec:
+      expireAfter: 720h
+      nodeClassRef:
+        group: karpenter.k8s.aws
+        kind: EC2NodeClass
+        name: ai-training
+      requirements:
+      - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - ${AZ}
+      - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - amd64
+      - key: kubernetes.io/os
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - linux
+      - key: karpenter.sh/capacity-type
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - on-demand
+      - key: node.kubernetes.io/instance-category
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - m
+        - r
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-size
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - xlarge
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-generation
+        operator: Gt
+        values:
+        - "6"
+      - key: node.kubernetes.io/instance-type
+        operator: NotIn
+        values:
+        - c7i-flex.xlarge
+        - c7i.xlarge
+        - c7a.xlarge
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-monitoring-24xlarge.yaml b/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-monitoring-24xlarge.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3484e947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-monitoring-24xlarge.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+apiVersion: karpenter.sh/v1
+kind: NodePool
+metadata:
+  name: ai-ml-monitoring-24xlarge-${AZ}
+spec:
+  disruption:
+    budgets:
+    - nodes: 100%
+      reasons:
+      - Empty
+    - nodes: 10%
+      reasons:
+      - Drifted
+      - Underutilized
+    consolidateAfter: 0s
+    consolidationPolicy: WhenEmpty
+  limits:
+    nodes: "26400"
+  replicas: 4
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        purpose: ml-24xlarge
+    spec:
+      expireAfter: 720h0m0s
+      nodeClassRef:
+        group: karpenter.k8s.aws
+        kind: EC2NodeClass
+        name: ai-training
+      requirements:
+      - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - ${AZ}
+      - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - amd64
+      - key: kubernetes.io/os
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - linux
+      - key: karpenter.sh/capacity-type
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - on-demand
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-category
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - c
+        - m
+        - r
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-size
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - 24xlarge
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-generation
+        operator: Gt
+        values:
+        - "4"
+      taints:
+      - effect: NoSchedule
+        key: monitoring
+        value: "true"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-operator-12xlarge.yaml b/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-operator-12xlarge.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..856cb41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-operator-12xlarge.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+apiVersion: karpenter.sh/v1
+kind: NodePool
+metadata:
+  name: ai-ml-operator-12xlarge-${AZ}
+spec:
+  disruption:
+    budgets:
+    - nodes: 100%
+      reasons:
+      - Empty
+    - nodes: 10%
+      reasons:
+      - Drifted
+      - Underutilized
+    consolidateAfter: 0s
+    consolidationPolicy: WhenEmpty
+  replicas: 5
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        purpose: ml-12xlarge
+    spec:
+      expireAfter: 720h
+      nodeClassRef:
+        group: karpenter.k8s.aws
+        kind: EC2NodeClass
+        name: ai-training
+      requirements:
+      - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - ${AZ}
+      - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - amd64
+      - key: kubernetes.io/os
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - linux
+      - key: karpenter.sh/capacity-type
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - on-demand
+      - key: node.kubernetes.io/instance-category
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - c
+        - m
+        - r
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-size
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - 12xlarge
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-generation
+        operator: Gt
+        values:
+        - "6"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-training-large.yaml b/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-training-large.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4151d82d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/karpenter/ai-ml-training-large.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+apiVersion: karpenter.sh/v1
+kind: NodePool
+metadata:
+  name: ai-ml-training-large-${AZ}
+spec:
+  disruption:
+    budgets:
+    - nodes: 100%
+      reasons:
+      - Empty
+    - nodes: 10%
+      reasons:
+      - Drifted
+      - Underutilized
+    consolidateAfter: 0s
+    consolidationPolicy: WhenEmpty
+  limits:
+    nodes: "26400"
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        drift: drifting-test
+        purpose: ml-large
+    spec:
+      expireAfter: 720h0m0s
+      nodeClassRef:
+        group: karpenter.k8s.aws
+        kind: EC2NodeClass
+        name: ai-training
+      requirements:
+      - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - ${AZ}
+      - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - amd64
+      - key: kubernetes.io/os
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - linux
+      - key: karpenter.sh/capacity-type
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - on-demand
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-category
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - c
+        - m
+        - r
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-size
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - medium
+        - large
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-generation
+        operator: Gt
+        values:
+        - "4"
+      - key: node.kubernetes.io/instance-type
+        operator: NotIn
+        values:
+        - c7a.medium
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/assets/karpenter/eks-perflab-ai-training-nodeclass.yaml b/tests/assets/karpenter/eks-perflab-ai-training-nodeclass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e84688e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/karpenter/eks-perflab-ai-training-nodeclass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+apiVersion: karpenter.k8s.aws/v1
+kind: EC2NodeClass
+metadata:
+  name: ai-training
+spec:
+  amiFamily: AL2023
+  amiSelectorTerms:
+  - alias: "al2023@${ALIAS_VERSION}"
+  blockDeviceMappings:
+  - deviceName: /dev/xvda
+    ebs:
+      deleteOnTermination: true
+      volumeSize: 70Gi
+      volumeType: gp3
+  kubelet:
+    evictionHard:
+      memory.available: 5%
+      nodefs.available: 10%
+      nodefs.inodesFree: 10%
+    kubeReserved:
+      cpu: 100m
+      ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+      memory: 100Mi
+    maxPods: 110
+    systemReserved:
+      cpu: 100m
+      ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+      memory: 100Mi
+  metadataOptions:
+    httpEndpoint: enabled
+    httpProtocolIPv6: disabled
+    httpPutResponseHopLimit: 1
+    httpTokens: required
+  role: KarpenterNodeRole-${CLUSTER_NAME}
+  securityGroupSelectorTerms:
+  - tags:
+      karpenter.sh/discovery: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  - tags:
+      aws:cloudformation:stack-name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  - tags:
+      kubernetes.io/cluster/${CLUSTER_NAME}: owned
+  subnetSelectorTerms:
+  - tags:
+      karpenter.sh/discovery: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  - tags:
+      aws:cloudformation:stack-name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  userData: |
+    MIME-Version: 1.0
+    Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="BOUNDARY"
+
+    --BOUNDARY
+    Content-Type: application/node.eks.aws
+
+    apiVersion: node.eks.aws/v1alpha1
+    kind: NodeConfig
+    spec:
+      cluster:
+        name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+        apiServerEndpoint: ${CLUSTER_ENDPOINT}  # Using the actual cluster endpoint
+        certificateAuthority: ${CLUSTER_CA}
+        cidr: "172.20.0.0/16"
+      kubelet:
+        config:
+          nodeStatusReportFrequency: "60m"
+          nodeLeaseDurationSeconds: 120
+          maxPods: 110
+          clusterDNS: ["172.20.0.10"]
+        flags:
+          - --node-labels=karpenter.sh/capacity-type=on-demand,karpenter.sh/nodepool=titan-pool
+          - --register-with-taints=karpenter.sh/unregistered:NoExecute
+    --BOUNDARY--
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/assets/karpenter/eks-perflab-titan-class-nodeclass.yaml b/tests/assets/karpenter/eks-perflab-titan-class-nodeclass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de900c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/karpenter/eks-perflab-titan-class-nodeclass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+apiVersion: karpenter.k8s.aws/v1
+kind: EC2NodeClass
+metadata:
+  name: titan-class
+spec:
+  amiFamily: Custom
+  amiSelectorTerms:
+  - alias: "al2023@${ALIAS_VERSION}"
+  instanceProfile: KarpenterNodeInstanceProfile-${CLUSTER_NAME}
+  kubelet:
+    evictionHard:
+      memory.available: 5%
+      nodefs.available: 10%
+      nodefs.inodesFree: 10%
+    kubeReserved:
+      cpu: 100m
+      ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+      memory: 100Mi
+    maxPods: 110
+    systemReserved:
+      cpu: 100m
+      ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+      memory: 100Mi
+  metadataOptions:
+    httpEndpoint: enabled
+    httpProtocolIPv6: disabled
+    httpPutResponseHopLimit: 1
+    httpTokens: required
+  securityGroupSelectorTerms:
+  - tags:
+      karpenter.sh/discovery: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  - tags:
+      aws:cloudformation:stack-name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  - tags:
+      kubernetes.io/cluster/${CLUSTER_NAME}: owned
+  subnetSelectorTerms:
+  - tags:
+      karpenter.sh/discovery: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  - tags:
+      aws:cloudformation:stack-name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  userData: |
+    MIME-Version: 1.0
+    Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="BOUNDARY"
+
+    --BOUNDARY
+    Content-Type: application/node.eks.aws
+
+    apiVersion: node.eks.aws/v1alpha1
+    kind: NodeConfig
+    spec:
+      cluster:
+        name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+        apiServerEndpoint: ${CLUSTER_ENDPOINT}  # Using the actual cluster endpoint
+        certificateAuthority: ${CLUSTER_CA}
+        cidr: "172.20.0.0/16"
+      kubelet:
+        config:
+          nodeStatusReportFrequency: "60m"
+          nodeLeaseDurationSeconds: 120
+          maxPods: 110
+          clusterDNS: ["172.20.0.10"]
+        flags:
+          - --node-labels=karpenter.sh/capacity-type=on-demand,karpenter.sh/nodepool=titan-pool
+          - --register-with-taints=karpenter.sh/unregistered:NoExecute
+    --BOUNDARY--
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/assets/karpenter/titan-pool-large.yaml b/tests/assets/karpenter/titan-pool-large.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69d1ff1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/karpenter/titan-pool-large.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+apiVersion: karpenter.sh/v1
+kind: NodePool
+metadata:
+  name: titan-pool-large-${AZ}
+spec:
+  disruption:
+    budgets:
+    - nodes: 10%
+    consolidateAfter: 0s
+    consolidationPolicy: WhenEmptyOrUnderutilized
+  replicas: 10
+  template:
+    spec:
+      expireAfter: 720h
+      nodeClassRef:
+        group: karpenter.k8s.aws
+        kind: EC2NodeClass
+        name: titan-class
+      requirements:
+      - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - ${AZ}
+      - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - amd64
+      - key: kubernetes.io/os
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - linux
+      - key: karpenter.sh/capacity-type
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - on-demand
+      - key: node.kubernetes.io/instance-category
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - c
+        - m
+        - r
+        - t
+      - key: karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-size
+        operator: In
+        values:
+        - large
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tekton-resources/pipelines/eks/karpenter-ultra.yaml b/tests/tekton-resources/pipelines/eks/karpenter-ultra.yaml
index bbaec91b..a6b90bfc 100644
--- a/tests/tekton-resources/pipelines/eks/karpenter-ultra.yaml
+++ b/tests/tekton-resources/pipelines/eks/karpenter-ultra.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ spec:
   - default: ""
     name: aws-account-id
     type: string
+  - default: ""
+    name: slack-hook
   tasks:
   - name: awscli-vpc-create
     params: