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☆ Amazon’s new cloud boss inherits a business under pressure to keep pace in AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

"It's very early days in generative AI," said Jassy, who succeeded Jeff Bezos as CEO in 2021. Davidson, told CNBC that Amazon was "caught flat-footed" by the generative AI boom. During a Q&A session on Wednesday, Jassy was asked twice about the status of Amazon's generative AI efforts. He said the company is "seeing a lot of momentum" in generative AI within AWS to where it's now a multibillion-dollar business based on annualized revenue. Amazon has previously said it intends to use generative AI to make Alexa more conversational.

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☆ Amazon's cloud business needs a 'bulldozer.' New AWS CEO Matt Garman fits the bill.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewAt an October all-hands meeting, an Amazon Web Services employee asked executive Matt Garman about the company's difficult work environment. The people who spoke with BI about Garman asked not to be identified so they could freely discuss his abilities. One AWS employee pointed out to BI that Amazon Q was months behind the launch of Microsoft's AI Copilots. Associated PressOutside of AI, AWS has struggled in its core startups and small business segments, failing short of sales targets last year, as BI previously reported. Those customers are particularly important for AWS because the company built its early business by embracing that market.

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☆ Amazon's cloud CEO departs with dour views on his tenure, amid growing competition and AI woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Ashley Stewart | Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Selipsky's three years as AWS CEO were marked by mixed results. AdvertisementHe steered through some of the cloud business' slowest growth rates, largest layoffs, and biggest challenges in the artificial intelligence space. AdvertisementAmazon's generative AI service Bedrock was delayed after originally being scheduled to launch in the fall of 2022, the person said. Garman was once considered a frontrunner to replace former AWS CEO Andy Jassy in 2021 when Jassy took over as Amazon's CEO. Some insiders referred to Selipsky as "just a sales guy" and "uninspiring," as the cloud leader faced unprecedented competition in generative AI.

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☆ Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky to step down
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Amazon’s biggest moneymaker, Amazon Web Services, is getting a new leader. Adam Selipsky, the chief executive of the cloud computing unit, will step down from his role next month, the company announced Tuesday. Selipsky, who first joined AWS in 2005 — before its services were even publicly available — has led the business since 2021, when previous AWS CEO Andy Jassy was promoted to lead all of Amazon. Matt Garman, currently vice president of sales, marketing and global services, will take over as AWS CEO starting June 3. Amazon Web Services’ sales have grown more than 85% since Selipsky’s takeover.

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☆ Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky to step down on June 3
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAmazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky to step down on June 3AWS CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down from his role, and Matt Garman, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Amazon Web Services, will succeed him.

Persons: Adam Selipsky, Matt Garman Organizations: Web, Amazon Web Services

☆ Adam Selipsky is out at AWS
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Ellen Thomas | Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewAmazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down from his role leading Amazon's cloud unit, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider and later posted to Amazon's website. Matt Garman, currently senior vice president of sales, marketing, and global services for AWS, will assume the CEO role. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementSelipsky, who first worked for AWS between 2005 and 2016, was tapped by Jassy to lead the unit in 2021. Selipsky led AWS during the height of the pandemic when the shift to remote work spurred an unprecedented spike in demand for cloud services.

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☆ It's no surprise to see Amazon shares lower after cloud CEO shakeup
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. However, Jim Cramer argued that a negative revision to the March PPI offset the price pressures in Tuesday's print. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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☆ Amazon is laying off hundreds of employees in its cloud division
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Jyoti Mann | Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon is laying off hundreds of employees in its cloud division, emails obtained by BI show. The latest round of job cuts will impact employees in its cloud division, Amazon Web Services, internal emails seen by Business Insider show. "We didn't make these decisions lightly, and we're committed to supporting the employees throughout their transition to new roles in and outside of Amazon. Earlier this year, Amazon also cut hundreds of jobs across its Prime Video and healthcare units. AdvertisementA recently obtained internal HR document from last year showed Amazon placed more employees on performance-improvement plans while carrying out the mass layoffs.

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☆ AI fatigue, sales challenges, and the problem of getting big: Inside growing tension at AWS
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

For Amazon, AWS is more important than ever. Targets missedAWS is falling short of reaching sales goals in its startups and small-business segments, two employees told BI. Burnout and attritionSeveral AWS employees also pointed to high turnover as a major point of concern. AWS employees told BI it still remains to be seen how all these changes will manifest in the months to come. "The most significant single sentiment we feel is uncertainty," one of the AWS employees told BI.

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☆ Amazon cloud executive accused of discrimination, Todd Weatherby, is leaving, internal emails show
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Todd Weatherby, the former head of the AWS ProServe unit, is leaving Amazon. A former AWS employee accused Weatherby of gender discrimination in a high-profile lawsuit. Todd Weatherby, the former head of Amazon's ProServe cloud unit who was accused of gender discrimination in a high-profile lawsuit, is leaving the company on Jan. 31, according to internal emails viewed by Insider. Amazon cloud executive Matt Garman wrote in one of the emails that Weatherby "decided to leave AWS to pursue his next adventure." "Todd launched the AWS ProServe business in 2012 from a six-pager and led its growth and development for a decade," Garman added.

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