AWS reshapes AI leadership to bet on agents

by | Feb 2, 2026 | E-commerce News

AWS CEO Matt Garman is overhauling the division's leadership structure to prioritize the development of AI software that can act on behalf of users. The cloud giant hired a former Microsoft executive to lead enterprise search tools and brought back a former AWS leader to oversee the AgentCore platform. The reorganization is occurring as the company is cutting 16,000 corporate jobs and is retiring older services to operate more like a startup.

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