AWS

About AWS

Amazon Web Services - leading cloud computing platform. Major investor in Anthropic and AI infrastructure provider.

Recent News about AWS

• AWS study says half of Brazilian firms now use AI tools

  Amazon Web Services reported on September 3, 2026 that 50 percent of Brazilian companies, about 12 million businesses, are using artificial intelligence according to a new study. The findings were released at AWS Summit São Paulo as part of the report “Unlocking the Potential of AI in Brazil 2026.”

  Source: About Amazon Brasil2026-09-03T21:10:35.645Z

• Canada sets national rules for AI data center responsibility

  On September 3, 2026, Canada’s federal government unveiled new Principles for Responsible Data Centre Operations that target AI and cloud infrastructure projects. The framework sets five expectations for data centers, including delivering local benefits, limiting power and water impact, and providing strategic value to Canada.

  Source: Government of Canada (ISED)2026-09-03T18:21:00.000Z

• OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra as flagship AGI-era model

  OpenAI released its GPT-6 Astra model on September 3, 2026, calling it its most capable and most aligned system to date. The model is being rolled out first to selected organizations in the Daybreak program, with access coming in the next few days for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise users and API customers.

  Source: OpenAI2026-09-03T18:00:00.000Z

• AWS and Nvidia plan 2M more GPUs for global AI buildout

  AWS and Nvidia on August 27 highlighted an expanded partnership that will see 2 million additional Nvidia GPUs deployed across AWS data centers in 2027 and 2028. The deal, first detailed in an August 26 Amazon announcement, also brings Nvidia’s new Vera CPU and AI “factory” infrastructure for U.S. government workloads onto AWS.

  Source: TechTimes2026-08-27T13:27:00.000Z

• Salesforce and Anthropic unveil Claudeforce for agentic enterprise AI

  On August 26, 2026, Salesforce and Anthropic announced Claudeforce, an expanded strategic partnership that embeds Claude across Salesforce, Slack and a new Salesforce-in-Claude plugin with 37 prebuilt sales skills. The Business Wire release went out at 4:21 pm EDT, confirming Claude as default model for Slack AI and core Salesforce agent products starting with pilot customers now. ([investor.salesforce.com](https://investor.salesforce.com/news/news-details/2026/Salesforce-and-Anthropic-Announce-Claudeforce-The-1-AI-Meets-the-1-AI-CRM/default.aspx))

  Source: Salesforce (Investor site)2026-08-26T20:21:00.000Z

• Recursive Superintelligence inks $410M AWS compute collaboration

  On July 28, 2026, Recursive Superintelligence said it had signed a multi‑year compute agreement with Amazon Web Services worth about $410 million to power its self‑improving AI research. Techmeme and multiple briefings report that Amazon confirmed the deal, which represents the bulk of Recursive’s funding to date and secures priority access to AWS’s latest high‑end instances.

  Source: Value Add Pulse2026-07-28T21:06:52.196Z

• Anthropic Claude Opus 5 nears Fable at half the price

  On July 25, 2026, Swedish outlet Omni reported that Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, its fourth new model in two months, describing it as at least as capable as Claude Fable 5 at roughly half the cost. Independent tracking sites note that Opus 5, released July 24, keeps Opus tier pricing at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens while moving closer to frontier benchmarks.

  Source: Omni.se2026-07-25T11:17:00.000Z

• AWS and Nvidia enable serverless Nemotron 3 fine-tuning on SageMaker AI

  AWS announced that developers can fine‑tune Nvidia’s Nemotron 3 open‑weight language models using Amazon SageMaker AI’s new serverless model customization feature. The integration, highlighted on July 11, 2026 by AI Herald and based on an AWS machine learning blog post from July 10, removes the need to manage GPU infrastructure for Nemotron 3 fine‑tuning.

  Source: AI Herald2026-07-11T21:06:42.880Z

• Station F’s F/ai accelerator deepens ties with global AI giants in Paris

  On July 6, 2026, TechCrunch reported that Paris’s Station F is expanding its F/ai accelerator, adding partners like ElevenLabs, Nebius, Rippling, OpenRouter, HubSpot and GitHub. The second cohort, starting September 2026, follows a first batch of 20 AI startups that collectively raised $34 million in pre-seed funding, backed by major tech players including AMD, Anthropic, AWS, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, OpenAI, OVHcloud, Snowflake and Qualcomm.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-07-06T13:00:00.000Z

• SK Telecom targets 15GW of AI data centers to export compute

  On June 29, 2026, SK Telecom said it plans to build 15GW of AI data-center capacity by 2035, a project it estimates at roughly 900 trillion won if fully built out. The company highlighted potential collaboration with partners like AWS and Nvidia and framed the buildout as a way for Korea to become an exporter of AI compute. ([v.daum.net](https://v.daum.net/v/20260629171202089))

  Source: Daum News / Dailian2026-06-29T08:12:00.000Z