Amazon’s AWS commits $1 billion toward new unit for embedded AI engineers

Amazon said on Tuesday it is creating a new division under its Amazon Web Services cloud unit employing so-called forward-deployed engineers who embed with customers to help them more quickly and efficiently adopt artificial intelligence software.

The company is committing an initial $1 billion to the initiative with the goal of sending five to six pods of engineers to customers for ‌45-day periods, said ⁠Francessca Vasquez, ⁠AWS vice president of frontier AI engineering and services.