Company News / General Interest, Startups
Amazon Blog – 3.18.24
When businesses want to see what they can build with Amazon Web Services (AWS), they get their answer inside the AWS Builder Studio, located at Amazon’s newest Manhattan office.
The 8,000 square foot, invite-only space is part showroom, part collaboration space, part prototyping lab. At the Builder Studio, AWS customers and builders get to experience the “art of the possible” and learn about the many different ways AWS technology—including generative AI—can be harnessed.
Source: Inside the 8,000-square-foot studio in NYC where AWS customers are invited to demo and build innovative new products
Company News / General Interest
Amazon Blog – 3.14.24 (3.13.24)
Amazon is one of the top investors in the U.S. economy, and since 2010, we have contributed more than $880 billion to the national gross domestic product (GDP). The investments we make help expand local economies by supporting the creation of direct jobs at Amazon and indirect jobs in fields like construction, health care, retail, and professional services.
Source: 5 ways Amazon is positively impacting small towns across the US
Awards, Company News / General Interest, Entertainment Content / Streaming
Amazon Blog – 3.11.24
The American Fiction screenwriter and director nabbed an Oscar Sunday night for Best Adapted Screenplay. The critically lauded film from Amazon MGM Studios, starring Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Erika Alexander, bested fellow nominees Oppenheimer, Barbie, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest in the category.
Source: Amazon MGM Studios wins big with ‘American Fiction’ at the 2024 Academy Awards—now streaming on Prime Video
Smart Home
Amazon Blog – 3.7.24
Ring Battery Doorbell Pro, Ring’s most advanced battery doorbell yet, is now available for purchase. With cutting-edge features that give customers more precise motion detection, it is the newest addition to Ring’s Pro line of devices.
Source: 4 things to know about the new Ring Battery Doorbell Pro—available now
Company News / General Interest, Tech4Good
Amazon Blog – 3.6.24
As part of our ongoing commitment to support entrepreneurs and female-led companies in climate tech, Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund recently invested in Glacier, an AI and robotics company helping the recycling industry work toward a world without waste. Co-founded and led by Rebecca Hu and Areeb Malik, Glacier uses AI-powered robots to automate the sorting of recyclables and collect real-time data on recycling streams for recycling companies and consumer brands. The Climate Pledge Fund, Amazon’s corporate venture capital fund that invests in climate tech companies to help accelerate Amazon’s path to meet the commitments of The Climate Pledge, first announced its $53 million Female Founder Initiative in 2022 to close the funding gap for women in climate tech. Glacier is the second company led by a female CEO to receive investment from The Climate Pledge Fund.
Source: How Amazon’s latest Climate Pledge Fund investment is transforming recycling through AI and robotics