Amazon CEO Andy Jassy introduced in a message to employees on Wednesday that longtime AWS govt Peter DeSantis will lead a brand new AI-focused group throughout the firm.
This group might be liable for Amazon’s AI fashions like Nova, in addition to silicon growth and quantum computing, which assist make AI instruments sooner and extra environment friendly.
DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, together with eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud supplier that powers about one-third of the web. At AWS’s latest re:Invent occasion, Amazon hammered dwelling its dedication to AI for enterprise use, so it is sensible that the corporate is spinning out a brand new crew from AWS management.
“With our Nova 2 fashions simply launched at re:Invent, our customized silicon rising quickly, and the benefits of optimizing throughout fashions, chips, and cloud software program and infrastructure, we wished to free Peter as much as focus his vitality, invention cycles, and management on these new areas,” Jassy wrote.
Amazon’s rising emphasis on AI comes at a time when the corporate is keen to strengthen its foothold within the AI race, maybe extra via investments than its personal improvements. Final month, AWS introduced a $50 billion funding within the U.S. authorities’s AI infrastructure. Amazon can be reportedly in talks to take a position $10 billion in OpenAI, and has already invested $8 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic.
