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How AI actually ships: enterprise case studies, engineering lessons from production, adoption data and ROI evidence.

How AI actually ships: enterprise case studies, engineering lessons from production, adoption data and ROI evidence.

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Chokepoints: How to respond when the global economy gets squeezed
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Chokepoints: How to respond when the global economy gets squeezed

As the situation in the Strait of Hormuz makes clear, business success increasingly depends on managing global disruption and risk in a three-dimensional way: r…

AI Teammates: how monday.com runs production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock
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AI Teammates: how monday.com runs production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock

AI Teammates are agentic AI on Amazon Bedrock, and few engineering organizations run them in production at the scale that monday.com does. Nine in ten Builders …

Evolving model risk management in the age of AI
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Evolving model risk management in the age of AI

Our recent survey reveals how banks are evolving model risk management: by strengthening resilience, unlocking more confident AI adoption—and turning it into a …

Powering supply chain with agentic AI
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Powering supply chain with agentic AI

Agentic AI could fundamentally reshape supply chain operations, but realizing its potential will require companies to move beyond isolated use cases and orchest…

Becoming an AI-native telco: Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison reimagines the telecom of the future
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Becoming an AI-native telco: Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison reimagines the telecom of the future

Indonesia’s second-largest telecom operator turned a complex merger into a platform for growth, reshaping how decisions are made, how employees work, and how AI…

CBAM: How companies can build from compliance to value creation
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CBAM: How companies can build from compliance to value creation

Verified emissions are a decarbonization tool and compliance requirement, but also a means to improve cost control and forecasting. A suite of targeted actions …

Exploring self-distilled reasoning for supervised fine-tuning with Amazon Nova
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Exploring self-distilled reasoning for supervised fine-tuning with Amazon Nova

In this post, we explore an idea for generating thinking tokens for datasets that lack reasoning traces in SFT customization. We first examine the reasoning sup…

Now in preview: Find and fix software vulnerabilities with CodeMender
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Now in preview: Find and fix software vulnerabilities with CodeMender

As adversarial AI threats accelerate attacks on code, security teams must counter them with machine-speed defenses that can automate code remediation and fight …

The second look: An adaptive approach to reunderwriting
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The second look: An adaptive approach to reunderwriting

The best-performing PE firms build on deal diligence in a disciplined way throughout the hold period, revisiting and retuning their exit options and equity stor…

Robot reboot
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Robot reboot

A new generation of robotics is powering up. How can leaders capture the value at stake while ensuring successful human–machine collaboration?…

Proven growth strategies from market leaders
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Proven growth strategies from market leaders

Discover how market leaders—Walmart, Builders FirstSource, Progressive, and JPMorgan Chase—achieved exceptional growth from 2019 to 2024, outperforming peers by…

Evolving from legacy BI to agentic AI at Tradeshift with Amazon Quick
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Evolving from legacy BI to agentic AI at Tradeshift with Amazon Quick

In this post, we describe how Tradeshift deployed Amazon Quick with agentic AI capabilities to replace our legacy BI tool, resulting in query response times up …

How Couchbase built a multi-model AI architecture for Capella iQ with Amazon Bedrock
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How Couchbase built a multi-model AI architecture for Capella iQ with Amazon Bedrock

This post describes how Couchbase adopted Amazon Bedrock to power Capella iQ with Anthropic’s Claude family of models, the architectural decisions behind their …

Build specialized agent workflows for your business with Amazon Quick and NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit
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Build specialized agent workflows for your business with Amazon Quick and NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit

In this post, we show how Amazon Quick can serve as the business-user front door for specialized agent workflows. We use the NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit to build …

Custom OS installation now available on AWS DeepRacer devices
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Custom OS installation now available on AWS DeepRacer devices

With the stock firmware and software, developers couldn't modify their AWS DeepRacer devices to use the latest operating systems. Now, developers can upgrade or…

Partnership for the decades ahead
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Partnership for the decades ahead

Economic relations between Poland and the United States have entered a new phase. Over the past three decades, cooperation has expanded beyond trade to encompas…

The cost of intelligence: How CIOs can manage AI demand at scale
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The cost of intelligence: How CIOs can manage AI demand at scale

As AI costs spiral, CIOs need to manage enterprise AI demand to optimize for outcomes, not just cost.…

Author Talks: How a CEO got faster in his 40s
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Author Talks: How a CEO got faster in his 40s

CEO Nick Thompson ran marathons at the same pace for a decade—until the right coach, mindset, and routine helped him break through. Here’s what he learned about…

From instinct to real-time insight: Transforming steel sales with AI
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From instinct to real-time insight: Transforming steel sales with AI

ArcelorMittal Brazil partnered with McKinsey to redesign its sales journey. A gen AI–powered tool removed the friction of everyday selling, freeing salespeople …

AI in the Australian for-purpose sector: Laying a strong foundation
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AI in the Australian for-purpose sector: Laying a strong foundation

AI adoption in Australian for-purpose organisations is growing, but without a considered approach, AI can add pressure and prioritise output over outcomes. How …

In-House LLM Serving at Netflix
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In-House LLM Serving at Netflix

Introducing Mobile Layout for Amazon Quick dashboards
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Introducing Mobile Layout for Amazon Quick dashboards

Teams that rely on dashboards for daily decisions often must pinch and zoom to interact with controls originally designed for larger displays. Checking revenue …

Transform your sales organization with Amazon Quick: your new agentic AI teammate
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Transform your sales organization with Amazon Quick: your new agentic AI teammate

In this post, we walk through a few ways that Quick delivers on this promise. We cover the entire sales cycle, from identifying your highest-priority prospect, …

13 hands-on demos to build on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
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13 hands-on demos to build on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Earlier this year, we introduced Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, where you can build, scale, govern, and optimize agents. Today, we’re sharing 13 demos that w…

How Smartsheet built a remote MCP server on AWS
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How Smartsheet built a remote MCP server on AWS

In this post, we cover a high-level view of the Smartsheet remote MCP architecture, with a focus on the AWS infrastructure behind it. This includes security, go…

Pricing in distribution: A strategic growth engine
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Pricing in distribution: A strategic growth engine

Pricing is a critical value creation lever for distributors to respond to market challenges. Here are four capabilities critical to unlocking pricing’s power.…

Will you fly—or freeze? How founders can build enduring companies beyond $10 billion
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Will you fly—or freeze? How founders can build enduring companies beyond $10 billion

Many founder-led companies freeze at the $1 billion to $10 billion valuation stage. Those that scale reinvent their business, people—and themselves—at five key …

AI’s next big mission is rewiring your workplace
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AI’s next big mission is rewiring your workplace

Artificial intelligence is reshaping every business, but the hardest challenge is rewiring the company around it. Companies that bet on equipping good staff wit…

Google is a Leader and positioned furthest in Vision and highest in Execution in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Conversational AI Platforms
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Google is a Leader and positioned furthest in Vision and highest in Execution in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Conversational AI Platforms

For the second consecutive year, Google has been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Conversational AI Platforms. Google received the furthest an…

Introducing Grok on Amazon Bedrock
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Introducing Grok on Amazon Bedrock

This post covers what makes Grok 4.3 a great fit for agentic and enterprise workloads, how you access it through Amazon Bedrock, and how to use the capabilities…