diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7fa36137..718934b66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ serverless deploy
 | [AWS API Gateway Custom Authorizer Function with Auth0 example in NodeJS](https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-auth0-custom-authorizers-api) <br/> This is an example of how to protect API endpoints with Auth0, JSON Web Tokens (jwt) and a custom authorizer lambda function. | nodeJS |
 | [Dynamic Image Resizing API](https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-dynamic-image-resizer) <br/> This example shows you how to setup a dynamic image resizer API | nodeJS |
 | [DynamoDB Streams Processing to S3](https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-dynamodb-stream-processing) <br/> This example shows you how to consume a DynamoDB Stream, transform records, and archive them to S3. | nodeJS |
+| [AWS Node.js ES Module Bundles with esbuild](https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-esm-esbuild) <br/> This example demonstrates how to bundle TypeScript handlers as ES modules (.mjs) with the built-in esbuild support, without adding a package.json to the deployment artifact. | nodeJS |
 | [AWS Storing Encrypted Secrets example in NodeJS](https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-env-variables-encrypted-in-a-file) <br/> This example demonstrates how to store secrets like API keys encrypted in your repository while providing them as environment variables to your AWS Lambda functions. | nodeJS |
 | [AWS Serverless Environment Variables Usage example in NodeJS](https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-env-variables) <br/> This example demonstrates how to use environment variables for AWS Lambdas. | nodeJS |
 | [Node Express API on AWS](https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-express-api) <br/> This template demonstrates how to develop and deploy a simple Node Express API running on AWS Lambda using the Serverless Framework. | nodeJS |
diff --git a/aws-node-esm-esbuild/README.md b/aws-node-esm-esbuild/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b8915300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws-node-esm-esbuild/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<!--
+title: 'AWS Node.js ES Module Bundles with esbuild'
+description: 'This example demonstrates how to bundle TypeScript handlers as ES modules (.mjs) with the built-in esbuild support, without adding a package.json to the deployment artifact.'
+layout: Doc
+framework: v4
+platform: AWS
+language: nodeJS
+authorLink: 'https://github.com/serverless'
+authorName: 'Serverless, Inc.'
+authorAvatar: 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4'
+-->
+
+# AWS Node.js ES Module Bundles with esbuild
+
+This example demonstrates how to bundle a TypeScript handler as an ES module using the Serverless Framework's built-in esbuild support. The `outExtension` option emits the bundle as `.mjs`, which makes the Lambda Node.js runtime load it with the ESM loader — no `package.json` with `"type": "module"` needs to be shipped inside the deployment artifact.
+
+```yaml
+build:
+  esbuild:
+    format: esm
+    outExtension:
+      '.js': '.mjs'
+```
+
+The handler proves it runs as an ES module by reading `import.meta.url`, which is only available in ESM. Function `handler` values stay unchanged — Lambda resolves the handler file extension automatically.
+
+This is useful when:
+
+- You want ES module semantics on Lambda (for example top-level `await` for initialization) with a CommonJS or extension-less project setup, such as a monorepo where the root `package.json` cannot declare `"type": "module"`.
+- You want the deployment artifact to contain nothing but the bundled handler files.
+
+Both `format` and `outExtension` can also be returned from a `configFile` JavaScript configuration — see the [building documentation](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/building) for all esbuild options.
+
+## Usage
+
+### Deploy
+
+```bash
+serverless deploy
+```
+
+### Invoke
+
+After deployment, call the HTTP endpoint printed in the deploy output:
+
+```bash
+curl https://xxxxxxx.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/time
+```
+
+Which should respond with:
+
+```json
+{
+  "message": "Hello from a handler loaded as an ES module!",
+  "time": "2026-07-24T12:00:00.000Z"
+}
+```
+
+You can also invoke the function directly, locally or remotely:
+
+```bash
+serverless invoke local -f time
+serverless invoke -f time
+```
+
+### Clean up
+
+```bash
+serverless remove
+```
diff --git a/aws-node-esm-esbuild/serverless.yml b/aws-node-esm-esbuild/serverless.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e720c960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws-node-esm-esbuild/serverless.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+service: aws-node-esm-esbuild
+frameworkVersion: '4'
+
+provider:
+  name: aws
+  runtime: nodejs24.x
+  architecture: arm64
+
+build:
+  esbuild:
+    # Emit the bundled handlers as ES modules. The .mjs extension makes the
+    # Lambda Node.js runtime load them with the ESM loader, without shipping a
+    # package.json with "type": "module" inside the deployment artifact.
+    format: esm
+    outExtension:
+      '.js': '.mjs'
+
+functions:
+  time:
+    handler: src/handler.currentTime
+    events:
+      - httpApi:
+          path: /time
+          method: get
diff --git a/aws-node-esm-esbuild/src/handler.ts b/aws-node-esm-esbuild/src/handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83efa71fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws-node-esm-esbuild/src/handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Bundled by esbuild to .serverless/build/src/handler.mjs and loaded by the
+// Lambda runtime as an ES module — import.meta is only available in ESM.
+const loadedAs = import.meta.url.endsWith('.mjs') ? 'ES module' : 'CommonJS'
+
+export const currentTime = async () => ({
+  statusCode: 200,
+  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+  body: JSON.stringify({
+    message: `Hello from a handler loaded as an ${loadedAs}!`,
+    time: new Date().toISOString(),
+  }),
+})
diff --git a/aws-node-http-api-typescript/README.md b/aws-node-http-api-typescript/README.md
index 3f92bae88..c05204e39 100644
--- a/aws-node-http-api-typescript/README.md
+++ b/aws-node-http-api-typescript/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ framework: v4
 platform: AWS
 language: nodeJS
 authorLink: 'https://github.com/serverless'
-authorName: 'Serverless, inc.'
+authorName: 'Serverless, Inc.'
 authorAvatar: 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4'
 -->
 
diff --git a/aws-node-rest-api-typescript-simple/README.md b/aws-node-rest-api-typescript-simple/README.md
index 551dd4037..93c674604 100644
--- a/aws-node-rest-api-typescript-simple/README.md
+++ b/aws-node-rest-api-typescript-simple/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ platform: AWS
 language: nodeJS
 priority: 10
 authorLink: 'https://github.com/serverless'
-authorName: 'Serverless, inc.'
+authorName: 'Serverless, Inc.'
 authorAvatar: 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4'
 -->
 
diff --git a/aws-python-rest-api/README.md b/aws-python-rest-api/README.md
index 8daef75b8..e396ce736 100644
--- a/aws-python-rest-api/README.md
+++ b/aws-python-rest-api/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ platform: AWS
 language: python
 priority: 2
 authorLink: 'https://github.com/serverless'
-authorName: 'Serverless, inc.'
+authorName: 'Serverless, Inc.'
 authorAvatar: 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4'
 -->
 
diff --git a/aws-python-sqs-worker/README.md b/aws-python-sqs-worker/README.md
index 4956242ed..b3fa17188 100644
--- a/aws-python-sqs-worker/README.md
+++ b/aws-python-sqs-worker/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ platform: AWS
 language: Python
 priority: 2
 authorLink: 'https://github.com/serverless'
-authorName: 'Serverless, inc.'
+authorName: 'Serverless, Inc.'
 authorAvatar: 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4'
 -->
 
diff --git a/aws-ruby-sinatra-dynamodb-api/README.md b/aws-ruby-sinatra-dynamodb-api/README.md
index b3b09ca47..b48a8aaf7 100644
--- a/aws-ruby-sinatra-dynamodb-api/README.md
+++ b/aws-ruby-sinatra-dynamodb-api/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ platform: AWS
 language: Ruby
 priority: 5
 authorLink: 'https://github.com/serverless'
-authorName: 'Serverless, inc.'
+authorName: 'Serverless, Inc.'
 authorAvatar: 'https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4'
 -->
 
diff --git a/examples.json b/examples.json
index 2e9bb402a..9de5ead26 100644
--- a/examples.json
+++ b/examples.json
@@ -179,6 +179,18 @@
     "authorName": "Kai Hendry",
     "authorAvatar": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/765871?v=4&s=140"
   },
+  {
+    "title": "AWS Node.js ES Module Bundles with esbuild",
+    "name": "aws-node-esm-esbuild",
+    "description": "This example demonstrates how to bundle TypeScript handlers as ES modules (.mjs) with the built-in esbuild support, without adding a package.json to the deployment artifact.",
+    "githubUrl": "https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-esm-esbuild",
+    "framework": "v4",
+    "language": "nodeJS",
+    "platform": "aws",
+    "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
+    "authorAvatar": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4"
+  },
   {
     "title": "AWS Storing Encrypted Secrets example in NodeJS",
     "name": "aws-node-env-variables-encrypted-in-a-file",
@@ -212,7 +224,7 @@
     "language": "node",
     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
     "authorAvatar": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4",
     "priority": 2
   },
@@ -225,7 +237,7 @@
     "language": "node",
     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
     "authorAvatar": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4",
     "priority": 3
   },
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     "language": "node",
     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "platform": "aws",
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-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
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     "platform": "aws",
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+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "language": "python",
     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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   },
   {
@@ -1001,7 +1013,7 @@
     "language": "python",
     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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   },
@@ -1038,7 +1050,7 @@
     "language": "ruby",
     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
     "authorAvatar": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13742415?s=200&v=4"
   },
   {
@@ -1122,7 +1134,7 @@
     "language": "node",
     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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   },
   {
@@ -1134,7 +1146,7 @@
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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@@ -1170,7 +1182,7 @@
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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   {
@@ -1182,7 +1194,7 @@
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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@@ -1194,7 +1206,7 @@
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     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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   },
   {
@@ -1206,7 +1218,7 @@
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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   {
@@ -1218,7 +1230,7 @@
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     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
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-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
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-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
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     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
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     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
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     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
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     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
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     "platform": "aws",
     "authorLink": "https://github.com/serverless",
-    "authorName": "Serverless, inc.",
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   },
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@@ -1422,7 +1434,7 @@
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+    "authorName": "Serverless, Inc.",
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   },
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