A few weeks ago, Red Hat introduced Quarkus, which is a "next-generation Kubernetes-native Java framework" that is available as open source. Quarkus promises really fast boot times and low memory usages. This makes Quarkus a perfect fit for Java workloads running as microservices on Kubernetes as well as Java workloads running as serverless functions.
Read the article, "Why Quarkus" to learn how Quarkus works. In a nutshell, Quarkus compiles Java source code in native binaries via GraalVM. The Quarkus framework helps developers to easily build applications that can leverage the GraalVM benefits.