"DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet. At AWS's recent re:Invent event, Amazon hammered home its commitment to AI for enterprise use, so it makes sense that the company is spinning out a new team from AWS leadership. With our Nova 2 models just launched at re:Invent, our custom silicon growing rapidly, and the advantages of optimizing across models, chips, and cloud software and infrastructure,"
"Amazon's increasing emphasis on AI comes at a time when the company is eager to strengthen its foothold in the AI race, perhaps more through investments than its own innovations. Last month, AWS announced a $50 billion investment in the U.S. government's AI infrastructure. Amazon is also reportedly in talks to invest $10 billion in OpenAI, and has already invested $8 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic."
Peter DeSantis will lead a new Amazon AI-focused organization responsible for Amazon's AI models including Nova, custom silicon development, and quantum computing to accelerate AI performance and efficiency. DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider powering about one-third of the internet. AWS emphasized enterprise AI at re:Invent, prompting the spinout of this team from AWS leadership. Amazon pairs internal product development with major external investments, including a $50 billion AWS commitment to U.S. government AI infrastructure, reported talks about a $10 billion OpenAI investment, and an $8 billion investment in Anthropic.
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