Amazon VP who oversaw flagship AI product is leaving after a big shake-up

Core Insights - The VP in charge of Amazon's flagship AI product Bedrock, Baskar Sridharan, is stepping down after a year due to a recent reorganization within AWS [1][2] - Sridharan was responsible for overseeing AWS's major AI products, including Bedrock and Sagemaker, which are critical in the competitive AI landscape [2][5] - The reorganization has led to the creation of a new Agentic AI team, with Swami Sivasubramanian promoted to lead this team, reporting directly to AWS CEO Matt Garman [3][4] Company Changes - The Bedrock and Sagemaker AI organizations will now be integrated under the AWS compute team led by VP Dave Brown [4] - Other leadership changes include Prasad Kalyanaraman taking over several networking teams and Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec adding data service units [4] - The recent changes are part of a broader trend of high-profile departures at AWS, including former CEO Adam Selipsky and other key executives [5] Industry Context - Amazon faces intense competition in the AI sector from major players like Google and OpenAI, highlighting the importance of strategic leadership in AI development [5] - CEO Matt Garman emphasized the potential of the new Agentic AI team to build a "next multi-billion-dollar business" amid significant technological transformations in cloud computing [5]