Welcome to the official day one of AWS re:Invent 2023!
The keynote begins at 08:00am PT, so there’s just over an hour to go.
And with that, the band is done, and it’s keynote time!
Salesforce gets a special mention, with Selipsky highlighting thenewly-announced partnershipbetween the two companies.
Salesforce is also putting its apps on the AWS marketplace.
AWS now extends to 32 regions around the world - no other cloud provider offers that, Selipsky notes.
Selipsky runs through some of the history of Amazon storage, looking back at how Amazon S3 has evolved.
It looks like a huge step forward for users everywhere.
Now, we move on to general-purpose computing - it’s Graviton time.
Selipsky looks back to the initial launch in 2018, before Graviton2 in 2020 and Graviton3 in 2022.
All this adds up to a full suite designed for helping your business, Selipsky says.
Here we go - it’s AI time.
The Generative AI stack has three layers, he highlights, turning to infrastructure first.
AI uses huge compute power, so getting the most out of your stack is vital.
Selipsky highlights AWS' close work with Nvidia to help further the training and development of AI.
Nvidia is deploying 1 zettaflop of computing capacity per quarter - a staggering amount.
There’s a second big announcement -Nvidia DGX Cloud is coming to AWSas well.
This is Nvidia’s AI factory, Huang notes - “this is how we develop AI”.
With those two (frankly ridiculous) announcements, Huang departs to huge applause.
Selipsky now moves on to capacity - getting access to all this compute.
But there’s no update for this platform today…
Now, moving on from infrastructure to models.
He welcomes Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei to the stage to talk more.
More Titan models will be coming soon - but more on that in tomorrow’s keynote, apparently… Now, how do you actually use FMs to get stuff done?
Selipsky says there is a huge opportunity from infusing Generative AI into the apps you use every day.
“We believe generative AI has the potential to transfrom every customer interaction we know,” he says.
Amazon Q will be available today as a preview, but will get a wider release soon.
But what about the less technical workers in your company?
It connectes to over 40 popular tools such as Salesforce, Gmail, Slack, Atlassian and Microsoft 365.
It can also take access on your behalf, updating processes and notifying co-workers of any changes or upgrades.
“Amazon Q brings AI into the business world,” Wood notes.
Selipsky is back, and looking at how important data in generative AI really is.
Another new announcement -three new zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift, giving users access to more databases.
Kuiper is also going to provide enterprise-ready data transfer services via Kuper web link Core, coming next year.
And with that final flourish, that’s a wrap!
Good morning and welcome to day two of our AWS re:Invent 2023 live blog!
The newAmazon Titain Multimodal Embeddingswill allow companies to build richer, smarter search models.
Sivasubramanian returns, and now it’s time to talk about data.
Sivasubramanian shows us another demo - this one about DIY.
There’s also a number of otherSageMaker upgrades when it comes to Inference, Training, IDEs and MLOps.
There’s another new announcement -Vector engine for OpenSearchServerless, leading to more efficient search and processes.
AWS is committed to a zero-ETL future, with seamless integrations across its platforms.
We’re now looking at Amazon Q, one of the headline announcements from yesterday’s keynote.
Amazon Q data integration is also coming to AWS Glue, allowing users to integrate data using natural language.
Now, it’s time to think how we as humans actually fit into this new relationship.
Another shout out for Amazon Q, which will offer major productivity increases across the board, Sivasubramanian notes.
Humans also need to play a part, Sivasubramanian notes, as they provide essential inputs.
“AWS has everything to help you unlock the power of this transformational technology,” he adds.
And with that, it’s a wrap on the day two keynote!
Welcome to day three of AWS re:Invent!
“You have to consider cost at every step of your design,” he emphasises.
Aligning cost with revenue is another crucial consideration, Vogels says - using Amazon.com as an obvious example.
Making sure your business decisions and technology decisions are in harmony with each other, Vogels notes.
But you also need to build evolvable architecture, as your needs will change over time, Vogels notes.
But it’s always vital to pay off your technical debt as well!
Vogels returns to the stage, noting that “every engineering decision is a cost decision”.
But - again - you should probably know your costs.
We have a new launch!
Establishing tiers is also vital to making sure your architecture stays cost-effective, Vogels moves on to say.
AWS Graviton is one of the best opportunities to do this, funnily enough….
Some wise words that Vogels says are pertinent for every business today.
“Cost awareness is a lost art - we need to regain it,” Vogels notes.
This includes AWS customers working to reduce poverty and hunger across the world using AI.
“It’s always been our mission to help builders be successful.”
“There’s never been a better time to be a builder,” Vogels says.
And with that, it’s a wrap on today’s keynote.
