Learn how Vercel's "self-driving infrastructure" vision pairs with AWS databases to eliminate backend friction, securely cutting Aurora Serverless creation time from minutes to seconds.

Topics Include:

Hedieh Zandi (Vercel) and Manbeen Kohli (AWS) introduce prompt-to-production session
Vercel powers 18 million developers, maintains Next.js and AI SDK
Vercel's agentic infrastructure runs on AWS Lambda, CloudFront, and S3
AI now generates frontend, APIs, and workflows for small teams
Backend friction remains: credentials, provisioning, database configuration still hard
Vercel envisions "self-driving infrastructure" that adapts automatically to apps
New AWS partnership brings native Aurora DSQL and Postgres integration
Manbeen explains databases now built into Vercel Marketplace and v0
Aurora Serverless database creation sped up from minutes to seconds
Aurora Postgres, DynamoDB, and DSQL scale prototypes without rewrites
Pre-configured templates help builders start RAG or shopping AI apps
Database security uses OIDC and IAM tokens, no stored passwords
AWS chosen for agents: low latency, autonomy, one-click simplicity
skills.sh gives agents reusable instructions, mirrors AWS Kiro's "powers"
v0 lets users build full-stack apps using natural language prompts
v0 uses Bedrock models and deploys directly on Vercel infrastructure
Live demo: v0 builds restaurant app, provisions database, adds Stripe checkout
Demo ends at AWS console; Rauch quote and hackathon close session

Participants:

Hedieh Zandi - Product Lead, Vercel
Manbeen Kohli - Director of Product Management, Aurora and RDS Databases, Amazon Web Services

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