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AWS re:Invent 2023

Nov 28, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada · re:Invent 2024 · re:Invent 2025

AWS re:Invent 2023 - CEO Keynote with Adam SelipskyNov 28, 2023 · 2h 15m · Adam Selipsky

Selipsky's keynote was AWS's first big answer to the generative AI wave: a three-layer stack of custom chips and NVIDIA GPUs, Bedrock for models, and applications, capped by Amazon Q, a work assistant. Anthropic's Dario Amodei and NVIDIA's Jensen Huang joined on stage, alongside new storage and chip launches.

Key themes: AI infrastructure, Models, Assistants

  1. 1Amazon S3 Express One Zone launched: single-digit millisecond object storage, up to 10x faster than S3 Standard
  2. 2Graviton4 was announced with 50% more cores and 75% more memory bandwidth than Graviton3
  3. 3AWS and NVIDIA expanded their partnership, with Jensen Huang on stage for new GPU infrastructure
  4. 4Trainium2 was announced for training foundation models, powering EC2 UltraClusters of up to 65 exaflops
  5. 5Anthropic named AWS its primary cloud provider for mission-critical workloads, Dario Amodei said on stage
  6. 6Agents for Amazon Bedrock became generally available, and Guardrails for Bedrock was announced
  7. 7Amazon Q was introduced as a generative AI assistant built for work
AnnouncementStatus
Amazon S3 Express One ZoneLowest-latency S3 storage classGA
AWS Graviton4 and R8g instancesNew Arm server chip, first instance R8gPreview
AWS Trainium2Second-generation training chipAnnounced
Agents for Amazon BedrockMulti-step tasks over company systemsGA
Guardrails for Amazon BedrockSafety policies for generative AI appsPreview
Amazon QGenerative AI assistant for workPreview
Zero-ETL integrations with RedshiftAurora PostgreSQL, RDS for MySQL and DynamoDBPreview
Companies on stage

Named or launching: Anthropic, BMW Group, Nvidia, Pfizer, Salesforce, AWS

Sources: official keynote videos, their captions and the hosts' recaps, summarized by AI; watch the source for exact wording. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

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