AI & Java | Serverless Office Hours

Learn how to build modern AI-powered applications with Java. James Ward joins Julian Wood to explore what's new when integrating AI for Java developers. Discover how to use the latest AI capabilities in your Java serverless applications. Find out how to use MCP for AI integration, explore agent-based architectures with AgentCore, and how GraalVM optimization delivers superior performance for AI workloads. Learn how to implement secure authentication patterns for AI services while maintaining the benefits of serverless scalability. We are also available to answer any of your serverless questions. Host: Julian Wood - Principal Developer Advocate, AWS Serverless: https://x.com/julian_wood https://bsky.app/profile/julianwood.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood/ Guest: James Ward - Principal Developer Advocate, AWS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesward/ Stream Links: https://thenewstack.io/2026-java-ai-apps/ https://www.tmdevlab.com/mcp-server-performance-benchmark.html https://docs.spring.io/spring-ai/reference/index.html https://docs.embabel.com/embabel-agent https://github.com/spring-ai-community/spring-ai-bedrock-agentcore * SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@AWSEventsChannel * * SERVERLESS OFFICE HOURS * * Playlist: https://s12d.com/soh-youtube A weekly live office hours to learn about building serverless applications. We cover a separate topic each week, including what's new with serverless, deep dives into feature launches and best practices, and explorations of real-world usecases. Join us live to ask us anything you want about serverless technologies and applications. * * https://ServerlessLand.com * * Your resource for learning about serverless technology. Learn to use and build apps that scale automatically on low-cost, fully managed serverless architecture.