Amazon's cloud unit forms agentic AI group

Group 1 - Amazon's cloud group is establishing a unit to develop software for artificial intelligence agents to remain competitive in the generative AI space [1][2] - The new agentic systems are expected to enhance efficiency significantly, orchestrate complex workflows, and solve problems with human-like reasoning while maximizing performance and cost-effectiveness [2] - AWS CEO Matt Garman indicated that agentic AI could become a multibillion-dollar business for AWS [2] Group 2 - Customers have started adopting agent software through AWS, with Amazon also utilizing it internally, saving 4,500 developer years through the Q Developer's code transformation capability [3] - Amazon leads the cloud infrastructure market with nearly $29 billion in AWS revenue in the fourth quarter, surpassing competitors Microsoft and Google [4] - Amazon is promoting a next-generation version of its Alexa voice assistant that will utilize AI models from AWS and Anthropic, although there was a denial from an Amazon spokesperson regarding certain reports [4]