Amazon Web Services announced a program that gives qualified early‑stage startups a free year of credits for its AI coding assistant, Kiro Pro+. The offer, unveiled by AWS CEO Matt Garman at the re:Invent conference, targets U.S. startups that have secured funding from pre‑seed to Series B and meet specific geographic criteria. Eligible companies can request credits for up to 100 users, with applications due by the end of the year. Read more →

Amazon executives highlighted the rapid growth of the company’s Trainium AI chip line, noting that Trainium2 is already generating multi‑billion‑dollar revenue with over a million chips in production and more than 100,000 customers. The chip’s price‑performance edge has attracted major partners such as Anthropic, which is using hundreds of thousands of chips for its Project Rainier. At AWS re:Invent, Amazon unveiled the next‑generation Trainium3, promising four‑times the speed and lower power usage, underscoring Amazon’s ambition to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the AI‑hardware market. Read more →

Amazon Web Services introduced three new AI agents—Kiro, Security Agent, and DevOps Agent—designed to operate autonomously for extended periods. Kiro, a coding specialist, learns a team’s workflow, follows spec‑driven development, and can persist context across sessions. Security Agent independently identifies and proposes fixes for code vulnerabilities, while DevOps Agent handles testing and performance validation. AWS CEO Matt Garman highlighted the agents’ ability to take on complex backlog tasks with minimal human oversight, marking a significant step toward AI‑driven software development. Read more →