Amazon(US:AMZN) Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-07-24 14:01Core Insights - AWS Amazon Cloud Technology's Shanghai AI Research Institute is set to dissolve, marking the end of its last overseas research institute globally [1][4] - The decision comes after a thorough evaluation of the company's organization, development priorities, and future strategic direction, leading to personnel reductions in certain teams, including the Shanghai AI Research Institute [4] Group 1 - The Shanghai AI Research Institute was established in the fall of 2018 under the leadership of Professor Zhang Zheng from New York University Shanghai, and despite its small size, it gained a strong reputation for its research capabilities and innovation [5] - The institute contributed significantly to Amazon's e-commerce, generating nearly $1 billion in revenue through the development of the globally recognized open-source graph neural network framework DGL [5] - The team achieved multiple awards in the machine learning and systems fields at top conferences and published over 100 papers in leading conferences, showcasing its high level of technical depth and scientific expertise [5]