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Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs

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Amazon Web Services has acquired Fig , a small San Francisco-based startup that helps developers be more efficient and collaborative while using the command line. million seed round in 2021 from investors including General Catalyst, which led the round, and other tech execs. It raised a $2.2

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CEOs of Amazon Web Services and Redapt join Seattle Sounders FC ownership group

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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky (left) and his wife Laura Selipsky. Seattle Sounders FC announced Wednesday that the families of Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky and Redapt CEO Rick Cantu are now owners. Selipsky rejoined Amazon’s cloud division in May 2021 after five years as head of Tableau Software.

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Internal memo: Amazon Web Services plans reorg of Sales, Marketing, and Global Services team

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GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will reorganize its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) group to “lay the foundation for accelerated customer impact and growth in the years ahead,” according to an internal memo Monday morning.

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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky steps down; senior exec Matt Garman named AWS CEO

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GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down from the role, three years after returning to the company to lead the cloud giant, according to an internal memo from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to employees Tuesday morning. Adam Selipsky at AWS re:Invent 2023.

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How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

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Newly named Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman, speaking here at a Madrona Venture Group event last fall, brings years of product and sales experience to his new role. Amazon Web Services’ revenue in the first quarte r was up 17% to $25 billion. “He got to it. . “He got to it. He solved it.”

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AWS re:Invent: Faster chips, smarter AI, and developer tools grab the spotlight

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This week, Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) kicked off its tenth re:Invent conference, an event where it typically announces the biggest changes in the cloud computing industry’s dominant platform.

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Amazon launches SageMaker Canvas for no-code AI model development

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At its re:Invent 2021 conference, Amazon announced SageMaker Canvas, a no-code development tool for machine learning applications. Read More.