Amazon will announce financial results for its third quarter on October 29. In the meantime, here's a look back at some of the biggest things Amazon announced and launched since last earnings—from new devices and entertainment to grocery savings, AI breakthroughs, and community investments.
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New frontier models joined Amazon Bedrock, including OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra , Anthropic’sClaude Opus 5.5 andHaiku 5.5 ,xAI’s Grok 4.7 , Moonshot AI’sKimi K3 , andZ.ai’s GLM 5.3 , giving customers a wide selection of leading frontier and open-weight models.
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Amazon announced TorchNeuron, it’s making it even simpler for AI developers to adopt Trainium. Today, 85% of AI researchers and developers write their code in PyTorch. TorchNeuron lets these developers run their existing AI code on Trainium chips with no rewrite needed, reducing the friction to adopt new hardware.
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Almost every company is concerned about security right now. Amazon made AWS Continuum generally available, an AI-powered security service that automatically discovers, prioritizes, validates, and remediates software vulnerabilities at machine speed, addressing a critical challenge as AI-generated code grows faster than security teams can review it. With Continuum andAWS Dogwood , an open-source governance and authorization policy language that controls and verifies AI agent behaviors, AWS continues making big investments in AI security.
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Amazon committed more than $1 billion over the next five years to data center communities through theBuilt Together investment framework for use across education, job training, energy affordability, water and energy preservation, and local priorities. Amazon also committed$500 million to student cloud and AI training .
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Amazon announced new ways to help customers save on the things that matter most—from everyday low prices across groceries and essentials to $0.20 per gallonfuel savings for Prime members every Friday this holiday season. Amazon also introducedaffordable GLP-1 weight-management care options across 48 states and Washington, D.C., and expanded Amazon Pharmacy’s offerings with acomplete end-to-end Spanish-language experience , including 24/7 access to pharmacists and prescription documentation in Spanish.
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Amazon introduced new AI technologies for advertising customers, streamlining the buying and creation experience with Amazon Ads Agent .Full-Funnel Campaigns brings sponsored ads, display, video, and streaming TV into a single campaign. Advertisers provide a few inputs—like budget and duration—and Amazon’s AI plans, executes, and continuously optimizes the rest, including TV-quality video and display images built from existing product pages.
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Amazon Leo has nearly 400 satellites in orbit and has built more than1,000 satellites at Kirkland, Washington facility . Amazon alsoannounced new Arianespace launches (expanding the largest commercial contract in Arianespace history) to bring satellites, including those built byCareer Choice graduates , into orbit.
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Amazon introduced new devices in time for the holiday season, including the new AI wearable: Bee , a new lineup oftablets designed just for kids , the powerfulAlexa tablet with Alexa+ built right in , and a completelyredesigned Kindle family . Amazon also introduced a whole new range of devices for the home, including a newRing Smart Lock , a new lineup ofRing cameras , and a new line of indoor andlong-range outdoor cameras from Blink.
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Thursday Night Football is back on Prime Video, along withCarrie, a new season of The Terminal List , and more. Amazon is also bringing visual dubbing, using AI and VFX, to thenew season of Maxton Hall , out December 9.
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Amazon is investing $1.9 billion in the Delivery Service Partner program in 2027 , bringing the total investment in the Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program to $21.7 billion over eight years. The investment is helping DSPs increase Delivery Associate pay while improving and expanding the use of safety andAI-powered technologies that are enhancing Delivery Associates' day-to-day experience and improving the delivery experience for customers.
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Hourly minimum starting pay for full-time core operations employees increased to $20 per hour, with hourly average pay reaching nearly $24 per hour. Amazon also announced anew grocery benefit for all employees, as well as access to a banking benefit, making everyday life more affordable for its teammates.
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For Amazon sellers, there’s a new lineup of tools and services to help them launch and scale globally from day one.The Seller Assistant tool uses AI to automate routine tasks like monitoring, restocking, and price adjustments, and a new plugin brings Seller Assistant’s intelligence into the AI tools sellers already use, launching first with Amazon Quick and in beta with Anthropic's Claude.Seller Central now connects sales across Amazon, eBay, Shopify, TikTok, and Walmart. Merchants can also add fast, free Prime delivery to their own website and save up to 25% on fulfillment fees withAmazon Supply Chain Services.
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