Thomas Wuerthinger
Oracle Vice President and founder/lead of GraalVM, with deep expertise in VMs, compilers, and language runtimes; discusses GraalVM features like native image, polyglot support, and WebAssembly targets.
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Oct 16, 2025 • 32min
Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Wuerthinger
In this engaging discussion, Thomas Wuerthinger, Oracle VP and founder of GraalVM, shares insights on cutting-edge technology in virtual machines and compilers. He delves into GraalVM's impressive features like fast native image compilation and polyglot support. The conversation explores embedding Python within Java, the transformative potential of WebAssembly, and the innovative Project Crema for dynamic loading. Wuerthinger also touches on GPU offloading with TornadoVM and shares his journey in compiler development, highlighting the future of multilingual VMs.
Jan 13, 2026 • 1h 7min
GraalVM: Database Integration, Serverless Innovation and the Future
Thomas Wuerthinger, a Runtime and Compiler Engineer at Oracle, dives into GraalVM's intriguing developments. He clarifies the shift to focusing on LTS Java releases while expanding polyglot support, particularly for Python due to its AI rise. Wuerthinger discusses innovative ideas like serverless workloads directly in Oracle Database and user-space application snapshotting for faster restarts. He emphasizes memory savings and efficiency in deployment, touching on the future roadmap that blends database and serverless technologies seamlessly.
