Fermyon Technologies New Partnership with Akamai Takes a Leap in Serverless Computing Using Wasm

At KubeCon CloudNativeCon in London, Fermyon CEO Matt Butcher and Akamai SVP John Alexander discussed their partnership, showcasing a significant leap in serverless computing using WebAssembly (Wasm). Fermyon has focused on creating a fast, efficient serverless environment powered by Wasm, overcoming typical cold start delays seen in platforms like AWS Lambda. When paired with Akamai’s vast edge network, which ensures ultra-low latency delivery, this enables near-instantaneous execution of serverless functions. The breakthrough lies in the WAZI standard and the emerging component model, allowing developers to seamlessly deploy applications without needing to understand the underlying WebAssembly tech. Akamai brings this functionality closer to users with compliance-aware deployment, enhanced developer experience, and resource-efficient multi-tenant execution. Importantly, the partnership enables modern use cases like AI inference at the edge. The conversation also highlighted WebAssembly’s evolution from a browser-based runtime into a powerful, portable, and secure foundation for modern applications—analogous to how Java grew beyond its original scope. The component model now allows interoperable, cross-language WebAssembly modules, further accelerating developer productivity and innovation. Learn more from The New Stack about serverless computing using WebAssembly (Wasm): Why Platform Engineers Are Embracing WebAssembly for Serverless https://thenewstack.io/why-platform-engineers-are-embracing-webassembly-for-serverless/ Can WebAssembly Solve Serverless’s Problems? https://thenewstack.io/can-webassembly-solve-serverless-problems/ Join our community of newsletter subscribers to stay on top of the news and at the top of your game. https://thenewstack.io/newsletter/