AWS Launches New Division to Develop Agentic AI

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has started a new division focused on agentic AI to improve automation for its users and businesses. According to Reuters, the announcement was made in an internal email by AWS CEO Matt Garman.

The group will be led by Swami Sivasubramanian, who previously served as AWS’s vice president of AI and data. He will now report directly to Garman.

“Agentic AI has the potential to be the next multi-billion business for AWS,” Garman wrote in the email, highlighting the company’s commitment to advancing AI-driven automation. 

Agentic AI refers to systems that can execute tasks independently without requiring constant user prompts. Amazon recently showcased some of these capabilities with an updated version of its Alexa voice assistant, which is expected to roll out later this month.

“We have the opportunity to help our customers innovate even faster and unlock more possibilities, and I firmly believe that AI agents are core to this next wave of innovation,” he added.

Additionally, AWS senior vice president Peter Desantis announced restructuring within the company’s AI and hardware divisions. This includes merging AI groups Bedrock and SageMaker under the compute organisation and forming a new team to streamline customer experience and commerce. Desantis stated that these changes will “accelerate innovation”.

Meanwhile, Amazon is set to release a new reasoning model under its Nova branding by June this year, Business Insider reported. The model will function with a hybrid approach, meaning it can provide quick responses or use ‘extended thinking’ for more complex queries.