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Sep 17, 2025, 6:25 AM

Amazon unveils new agentic AI tools for sellers amid heightened scrutiny

Amazon rolled out new agentic AI tools to proactively help sellers manage inventory and create ads — even as surveys and regulators highlight strains in its lucrative marketplace. Read More

Sep 12, 2025, 8:04 AM

Orange Crabs in the Machine: How Rust is rewriting the rules of modern software

At RustConf 2025 in Seattle, Microsoft, Amazon, and the broader developer community marked key milestones for Rust — an open-source programming language that has quickly gone from cult favorite to critical infrastructure. Read More

Sep 10, 2025, 8:54 AM

Amazon reportedly developing augmented reality glasses for consumers and delivery drivers

Amazon is getting into the augmented reality glasses market, according to a report from The Information. The Seattle-based tech giant… Read More

Sep 10, 2025, 8:06 AM

Amazon’s Zoox reaches robotaxi milestone with launch of service in Las Vegas

Zoox will offer free rides on and around the Las Vegas Strip as it awaits regulatory approval for paid service. Read More

Sep 4, 2025, 8:09 AM

JetBlue to become first airline to boost its inflight Wi-Fi via Amazon’s Project Kuiper network

JetBlue plans to become the first airline to sign on with Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite broadband service, promising faster and… Read More

Sep 2, 2025, 1:13 PM

Amazon’s ‘Lens Live’ mobile shopping feature uses camera and AI to find real-time product matches

Amazon is adding enhanced camera-shopping capabilities to its app with the release of “Lens Live,” a new feature that builds… Read More

Sep 2, 2025, 9:07 AM

Amazon cuts off Prime’s shared free delivery perk for invitees outside main home address

Amazon is ending a Prime perk that let subscribers share their free delivery with one other person outside their household.… Read More

Sep 1, 2025, 6:30 PM

Alexa+ in the real world: How I’m using Amazon’s new assistant, and where it could still improve

Riding my bike Saturday afternoon, I spotted a poster for the upcoming Ballard Makers Market & Bar Hop — the… Read More

Aug 21, 2025, 8:52 AM

Amazon Autos now selling used Hertz vehicles, expanding inventory beyond Hyundai partnership

Your next used car purchase could be a former rental car that you find on Amazon. Hertz Car Sales is… Read More

Aug 13, 2025, 8:23 AM

Amazon rolls out expansion of same-day groceries to 1,000 cities, includes perishable items

Amazon is now offering shoppers in more than 1,000 cities free, same-day delivery of groceries — including perishable goods such… Read More

Aug 5, 2025, 12:53 PM

Amazon will offer OpenAI’s open-weight models, sidestepping Microsoft via Apache 2.0 license

OpenAI released its first open-weight AI models in more than five years, and Amazon quickly said they will be available… Read More

Aug 4, 2025, 8:05 AM

Amazon lays off staff and restructures Wondery podcast unit

Amazon is laying off 110 people as part of a restructuring of its Wondery podcast network business, according to Bloomberg.… Read More

Aug 2, 2025, 8:52 AM

Have we hit ‘Peak AI’? Microsoft, Amazon, and a pivotal week for Seattle tech

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft soars past Wall Street expectations, briefly hitting a $4 trillion valuation, while Amazon… Read More

Jul 31, 2025, 1:16 PM

Amazon tops Q2 estimates with $167.7B in revenue, $18.2B in profits; AWS up 17% to $30.9B

Follow-up: Amazon Web Services profits squeezed as AI arms race drives spending surge Amazon beat estimates for its second-quarter earnings… Read More

Jul 31, 2025, 9:26 AM

Amazon Alexa Fund backs Fable — the ‘Netflix of AI’ — where users create TV shows with prompts

Amazon Alexa Fund is backing a San Francisco startup behind a platform that allows users to create AI-generated scenes and… Read More

Jul 30, 2025, 10:16 AM

Amazon Q2 earnings preview: AI bets, cloud growth, and tariff changes in the spotlight

Amazon’s infrastructure investments and cloud business will go under the microscope Thursday when the company reports second-quarter financial results —… Read More

Jul 30, 2025, 9:48 AM

Report: Amazon to pay at least $20M a year in AI content deal with New York Times

Amazon’s deal to license some content from The New York Times for use on the tech giant’s artificial intelligence platforms… Read More

Jul 22, 2025, 11:51 AM

Amazon is acquiring Bee, maker of a wearable AI assistant that listens to conversations

Amazon is buying Bee, a small San Francisco startup behind a $49.99 wearable wrist device designed to record and transcribe… Read More

Jul 22, 2025, 8:21 AM

Semiconductor startup Lumotive boosts Series B round with help from Amazon

Lumotive, a Redmond, Wash.-based startup that manufactures semiconductor chips tailored for 3D sensors, added $14 million to its Series B… Read More

Jul 21, 2025, 3:08 PM

Madrona’s Matt McIlwain called it: A year later, Microsoft and Amazon are outpacing Apple

Speaking on CNBC this afternoon, Madrona’s Matt McIlwain noted that he had been on the business news network a year… Read More

Jul 19, 2025, 8:29 AM

Inside Amazon’s AI deployment team: Lessons from the front lines of enterprise adoption

On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we dive into enterprise AI adoption with Francessca Vasquez, a vice president at… Read More

Jul 17, 2025, 10:30 AM

Amazon cuts hundreds of AWS cloud jobs after strategic review, says AI wasn’t the main factor

Amazon confirmed Thursday morning that it’s cutting jobs within its Amazon Web Services cloud division after a review of its… Read More

Jul 15, 2025, 7:39 AM

Amazon gives $100M boost to AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, betting on agentic AI

Amazon is investing another $100 million in its AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, aiming to help companies go from experimenting… Read More

Jul 14, 2025, 7:50 AM

Amazon targets vibe-coding chaos with new ‘Kiro’ AI software development tool

A new AI coding tool from Amazon uses agents to automatically create and update project plans and technical blueprints, aiming… Read More

Jul 1, 2025, 7:35 AM

Amazon tops 1 million robots: Here’s what they do

Amazon has deployed its 1 millionth robot, a milestone that brings its robot workforce closer than ever to matching its… Read More

Jun 24, 2025, 8:10 AM

Amazon aims to reach ‘tens of millions’ more small town and rural customers with same-day delivery

Amazon plans to bring the speed of its same-day and next-day delivery to more customers in smaller U.S. cities, towns… Read More

Jun 23, 2025, 5:18 PM

Amazon closes Fresh grocery store south of Seattle; state filing says 125 workers impacted

Amazon closed a Fresh grocery store in Federal Way, Wash., the company confirmed on Monday. The store’s last day of… Read More

Jun 18, 2025, 9:06 AM

Andy Jassy’s long game: Amazon’s reinvention enters its 5th phase as AI upends the workforce

Andy Jassy’s latest memo makes it official: AI will reshape and reduce Amazon’s corporate workforce. But this is more than… Read More

Jun 17, 2025, 12:59 PM

Amazon CEO: AI will shrink corporate workforce in coming years

Amazon’s corporate workforce will shrink in the coming years as generative AI takes hold, CEO Andy Jassy told employees Tuesday.… Read More

Jun 16, 2025, 10:00 PM

Amazon stretches Prime Day to four days in July — and taps LeBron James to hype annual event

Amazon’s biggest shopping day is turning into more and more days as the e-commerce giant announced that its annual Prime… Read More