eBay backs WunderGraph to build an open source GraphQL federation

A fledgling open source startup that’s setting out to tackle API sprawl in the GraphQL ecosystem has secured the backing of e-commerce giant eBay. WunderGraph, as the company is called, today said it has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round of funding to “scale its open source GraphQL federation.” Investors include eBay’s VC arm eBay Ventures, Karma Ventures, and Aspenwood Ventures. In addition to investing in the startup, eBay is also serving as a core design partner as WunderGraph has set about building an open source alternative to rival products from GraphQL company, Apollo. “Our investment in WunderGraph’s highly performant open source platform will help boost eBay’s API ecosystem and enable our teams to work faster and smarter in building products that help our sellers thrive,” Bryan Woodruff, eBay’s VP of seller experience engineering, said in a statement. Founded in 2020, WunderGraph is the handiwork of CTO Dustin Deus, CEO Jens Neuse, COO Björn Schwenzer, and CCO Stefan ... Read full article.