Amazon bets big on Agentic AI Automation!

Computerworld.com reported that “Amazon Web Services customers can expect to hear a lot more about agentic AI in future with the news that the company is setting up a dedicated unit to promote the technology on its platform.” The March 6, 2025 article entitled “With new division, AWS bets big on agentic AI automation” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840429/with-new-division-aws-bets-big-on-agentic-ai-automation.html“ included these comments from Swami Sivasubramanian, at Amazon:

 “I’m excited about leading a new organization focused on advancing the power of agents, and look forward to bringing the latest innovation into the hands of our customers,” Sivasubramanian wrote on Wednesday in a LinkedIn post that set out the company’s agentic AI ambitions.

 “Agentic systems offer possibilities that extend far beyond today’s chatbots and will drive efficiency like we haven’t seen before. They will orchestrate complex workflows and solve problems with human-like reasoning, while maximizing performance and cost effectiveness at scale,” he wrote. “Agents help developers write and debug code more effectively, allow businesses to automate complex decision-making processes, and create systems that can learn and adapt to new challenges.”

 No surprises with this news!