Are Unikernels the Answer for Next-Gen AI Cloud Workloads?

Nobody likes waiting around for an app to start, nor database to boot. Certainly not Vercel. Nor Prisma.

Vercel’s venture arm has invested in Unikraft, a cloud-hosting company built on the Linux Foundation unikernel technology of the same name. The company raised a $6 million seed round earlier this month, including a bundle from Vercel, a cloud platform for frontend developers. In the deal, Unikraft can also consult Vercel’s expertise at running cloud-based content delivery networks.

And Prisma, a cloud service that offers a Postgres…