# Tim Wagner

> Tim Wagner is the co-founder and CEO of Vendia, and the inventor of AWS Lambda - the service that launched the global serverless computing movement. With a PhD from UC Berkeley and stints at AWS (as GM of Lambda, API Gateway, and Serverless App Repository) and Coinbase (as VP Engineering), Wagner brings a rare double expertise in serverless infrastructure and blockchain. At Vendia, he has combined both disciplines to build a platform that enables secure, real-time data sharing across companies, clouds, and ecosystems - positioning it as the operating layer for the AI data era.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Vendia
- **Organizations:** Vendia, Amazon Web Services, Coinbase, Stackery (board), ServerlessTech
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Princeton University, PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Invented AWS Lambda, the world's first serverless compute service, launching the global serverless movement, Recognized as the 'Father of Serverless' in the cloud computing community, GM of AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Serverless Application Repository for six years

## Career timeline

- **1985-1989** — BS in Computer Science at Princeton University
- **1989-1996** — PhD in Computer Science at UC Berkeley
- **1996-2012** — Various engineering and leadership roles at Microsoft, BEA, Eclipse Foundation, Nimble Technology, and Reasoning
- **2012** — Joined Amazon Web Services; authored the original business plan for AWS Lambda on day one, tasked by Alyssa Henry to solve S3 customer pain points
- **2014** — AWS Lambda launched publicly - the world's first serverless compute service, kickstarting the serverless movement
- **2012-2018** — General Manager at AWS for Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and the Serverless Application Repository - a six-year tenure building serverless as a global platform
- **2018** — Joined Coinbase as VP of Engineering, managing one of the largest regulated fleets of distributed ledgers in the world
- **2019** — Joined Stackery Board of Directors; began engineering the initial Vendia concept
- **2020** — Co-founded Vendia with Shruthi Rao (launched June 26, 2020), combining serverless infrastructure with distributed ledger technology for enterprise data sharing
- **2021** — Vendia raised $15.5M Series A funding
- **2022** — Vendia raised $30M Series B funding, bringing total funding to $50.6M
- **2024** — Vendia reached $13M in annual revenue and 500 enterprise customers
- **2025-2026** — Pivoted Vendia to the AI data platform era, publishing work on MCP Gateways, AI agents, and the new 'LAMP Stack' for AI architectures

## Achievements

- Invented AWS Lambda, the world's first serverless compute service, launching the global serverless movement
- Recognized as the 'Father of Serverless' in the cloud computing community
- GM of AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Serverless Application Repository for six years
- Co-founded Vendia, which grew to $13M revenue and 500 enterprise customers by 2024
- Raised $50.6M total for Vendia (Series A + B) to build next-generation data sharing infrastructure
- Personally deployed Vendia's global infrastructure to worldwide regions in approximately six minutes using AWS CDK
- Authored foundational technical writing on serverless, MCP, and AI data architectures for The New Stack, VentureBeat, and Vendia's blog
- Joined Stackery's Board of Directors to advance developer tooling for serverless applications
- Pioneered the concept of combining blockchain immutability with serverless scalability for enterprise data sharing

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Published 'The New LAMP Stack Architecture: A Recipe for Building AI Agents' on the Vendia blog, outlining a new reference architecture for AI-native applications
- **2025-12** — Published 'From API Gateway to MCP Gateway: Bridging the Gap to the AI Era' - positioning Vendia's infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol ecosystem
- **2025-11** — Published 'MCP architecture: Why serverless MCP servers make sense' - connecting Vendia's serverless roots to the emerging AI agent infrastructure landscape
- **2024-01** — Vendia reached $13M in annual revenue with 500 enterprise customers, with a lean team of ~20 engineers

## Links

- Website: https://vendia.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-wagner-890a39
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/timallenwagner

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Last updated: 2026-05-11