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Google has released an alpha version of its serverless platform, which is called Google Cloud Functions,<ref name='vb-gcf'>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/09/google-has-quietly-launched-its-answer-to-aws-lambda/|title=Google has quietly launched its answer to AWS Lambda|date=9 February 2016|accessdate=10 July 2016|last=Novet|first=Jordan|website=[[VentureBeat]]}}</ref> and supports Node.js.<ref name='forbes-gcf'>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2016/02/09/google-brings-serverless-computing-to-its-cloud-platform/#5391a66525b8|title=Google Brings Serverless Computing To Its Cloud Platform|date=9 February 2016|accessdate=10 July 2016|last=MSV|first=Janakiram}}</ref>

IBM announced [https://developer.ibm.com/open/openwhisk/ OpenWhisk] as an open source serverless platform of its own at [http://www-03.forbesibm.com/sitespress/alexkonradus/2016en/02pressrelease/22/ibm-and-vmware-join-forces-to-move-millions-of-workloads-to-ibm-cloud49158.wss InterConnect 2016]. In addition to supporting functions as a service, OpenWhisk offers features that include user-defined triggers, function execution rules, function composition via sequences, and an model for sharing assets via packages. OpenWhisk may be hosted on premise or hosted as a service as is the case with [http://ibm.biz/openwhisk IBM Bluemix OpenWhisk]. The source code is available on [https://github.com/openwhisk/openwhisk GitHub]. At launch, OpenWhisk included support for Node.js and Swift, as well as black box functions (in any language or runtime) via Docker containers.

Microsoft followed up in 2016 by announcing Azure Functions, an under-development technology planned to be usable in both the Azure public cloud and on any other cloud environment, public or private.<ref name='techcrunch-azure'>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/31/microsoft-answers-aws-lambdas-event-triggered-serverless-apps-with-azure-functions/|title=Microsoft answers AWS Lambda’s event-triggered serverless apps with Azure Functions|date=31 March 2016|accessdate=10 July 2016|last=Miller|first=Ron|website=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref>