Applications are now open for the LFX Mentorship Program – Summer 2025 Term (June to August)! If you're passionate about WebAssembly, AI agents, LLMs, or edge computing, this is your chance to learn from experienced mentors, contribute to CNCF-hosted projects like WasmEdge, and earn a stipend while doing so.
📅 Application Period: May 15 – May 27, 2025
🔗 Apply on the LFX Mentorship Portal
Why Should You Join?
WasmEdge is a lightweight and fast WebAssembly runtime optimized for cloud-native, edge, and AI workloads. This summer, WasmEdge is offering four exciting projects in areas such as:
- MCP-based AI agents to help learners prep for LF certifications
- New hardware support: s390x
- Enabling lightweight LLMs via BitNet integration
- Light weight WasmEdge-based cloud services with Runwasi
Whether you're into systems programming, AI/LLMs, or DevOps workflows — there's something here for you. You will get:
Hands-on learning from experienced CNCF maintainers Real contributions to production-grade open-source projects and certification from the Linux Foundation Stipend to support your effort over 3 months Resume boost with mentorship under a globally recognized foundation
The 4 WasmEdge Projects you can apply to
Port WasmEdge and the WASI-NN ggml backend to the s390x platform
Help WasmEdge run on even more systems. You’ll work with the toolchain, interpreter, AOT compilation, and validate that AI plugins like WASI-NN + ggml work on s390x.
- Great for those with knowledge of C++, LLVM, or cross-compilation.
- GitHub issue: https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/issues/4010
- Application Link
Use Runwasi with WasmEdge runtime to test multiple WASM apps as cloud services
Design an interactive, multi-node Kubernetes testbed using Runwasi + WasmEdge. The goal? End-to-end validation is a GitHub CI workflow demonstrating managing multiple WASM cloud services with Runwasi.
- Great for who are interested in Rust, and Kubernetes orchestration.
- GitHub issue: https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/issues/4011
- Application Link
Support bitnet.cpp as a new WASI-NN plugin
Integrate Microsoft’s bitnet.cpp, a super-lightweight 1-bit LLM implementation, as a new WASI-NN plugin in WasmEdge. Make it possible to run LLMs without needing a GPU.
- Great for those with knowledge of C++, LLM, and BitNet
- GitHub issue: https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/issues/4110
- Application Link
Create an MCP-based AI agent to help LF certificate prep
Use open-source LLMs and WasmEdge to create a smart study assistant for the LF certification that can serve practice questions, answer queries, and explain concepts interactively. You’ll build on the LlamaEdge framework with a standard MCP server.
- Great for who are interested in Local AI, tool call, and MCP servers.
- GitHub issue: https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/issues/4109
- Application Link
Timeline at a Glance
The timeline is subjected to change. For any updates, please check out theLFX Mentorship timeline.
| Stage | Date (2025) |
|---|---|
| Applications Open | May 15 – May 27 |
| Review & Selection | May 28 – June 3 |
| Mentorship Begins | June 9 |
| Ends | August 29 |
How to Apply
- Visit the LFX Mentorship Portal
- Create an account and submit your application for the WasmEdge project(s) you’re interested in.
- Make sure to upload the cover letter, and your resume.
Follow the mentee guide to apply now. We look forward to hearing from you! If you have any questions, leave a public question or comment on GitHub or welcome to join our Discord.