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Amazon is moving packages in Japan on the Shinkansen as part of its efforts to have neutral carbon emissions.
The five-year commitment is 2.4x larger than Snowflake’s 2023 AWS deal and lands as shares jump 38% on a Q1 earnings beat. The Graviton component is the part that matters strategically. Snowflake has signed a five-year, $6bn commitment to Amazon Web Services in what both companies are framing as the largest expansion of their 11-year […]
Amazon Web Services has launched a product that lets retailers build their own AI-powered shopping assistants using the same technology that powers Amazon’s Alexa for Shopping. The AWS Agentic Shopping Assistant packages architecture guidance, starter code, and hands-on support from AWS’s Generative AI Innovation Center into a solution that the company says can be deployed in […]
Stord, a logistics technology company that helps retailers manage inventory, checkout, and fulfillment, has raised $250 million in a Series F round that values the company at $3 billion. The round was led by Strike Capital with participation from Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton, Baillie Gifford, G Squared, and Bond. The funding doubles Stord’s valuation […]
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