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Jassy Bets Big on AI Agents as AWS Surges 22%
artificial intelligence // October 31, 2025

Amazon’s latest results, announced Thursday (Oct. 30th) after the bell, gave investors and analysts a snapshot of how AI is powering and fine-tuning everything from eCommerce to enterprise customers operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

AWS Outage Briefly Shutters Broad Swaths of the Internet
Amazon // October 20, 2025

Amazon Web Services says it has fixed the massive outage reported Monday (Oct. 20) and will share a “detailed” post-event summary. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

AWS Debuts Quick Suite as a Secure, Lower-Cost Rival to Copilot and Gemini Enterprise
artificial intelligence // October 09, 2025

Amazon Web Services on Thursday (Oct. 9) launched Quick Suite, a new agentic AI platform designed to act as a virtual teammate for employees. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Payment Platforms Get Their AI Makeover
Opinion // July 23, 2025

Changing consumer expectations, technology and competitive pressures are impacting the payments industry, Mark Smith, Head of Payments for Financial Services at AWS, writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of Payments.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Jassy Bets Big on AI Agents as AWS Surges 22%

October 31, 2025
Amazon’s latest results, announced Thursday (Oct. 30th) after the bell, gave investors and analysts a snapshot of how AI is powering and fine-tuning everything from eCommerce to enterprise customers operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. […]

Payment Platforms Get Their AI Makeover

July 23, 2025
Changing consumer expectations, technology and competitive pressures are impacting the payments industry, Mark Smith, Head of Payments for Financial Services at AWS, writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025:...

Amazon and Walmart Focus AI Investments on Their Retail Soft Spots

June 12, 2025
The everything consumer requires an everything retailer, and that’s the pole position that retail giants Amazon and Walmart have been battling for over the past two decades. Get the Full...

AWS Turns to Ancient Logic to Tackle Modern AI’s Hallucinations

February 13, 2025
Cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is using automated reasoning — a method rooted in centuries-old principles of logic — to combat one of artificial intelligence (AI)’s newest and most...

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OpenAI Strikes $38 Billion Cloud Deal With AWS

November 03, 2025
AWS and OpenAI have announced a $38 billion agreement that enables OpenAI to run its AI workloads on AWS infrastructure, starting immediately. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By […]

AWS Outage Briefly Shutters Broad Swaths of the Internet

October 20, 2025
Amazon Web Services says it has fixed the massive outage reported Monday (Oct. 20) and will share a “detailed” post-event summary. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

AWS Debuts Quick Suite as a Secure, Lower-Cost Rival to Copilot and Gemini Enterprise

October 09, 2025
Amazon Web Services on Thursday (Oct. 9) launched Quick Suite, a new agentic AI platform designed to act as a virtual teammate for employees. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Amazon Eliminates Hundreds of Cloud Computing Jobs

July 17, 2025
Amazon has reportedly cut hundreds of jobs in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud division. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...