No Priors Ep. 78 | With AWS CEO Matt Garman

In this episode of No Priors, hosts Sarah and Elad are joined by Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services. They talk about the evolution of Amazon Web Services (AWS) from its inception to its current position as a major player in cloud computing and AI infrastructure. In this episode they touch on AI commuting hardware, partnerships with AI startups, and the challenges of scaling for AI workloads.

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Show Notes:
00:00 Introduction
00:23 Matt’s early days at Amazon
02:53 Early conception of AWS
06:36 Understanding the full opportunity of cloud compute
12:21 Blockers to cloud migration
14:19 AWS reaction to Gen AI
18:04 First-party models at hyperscalers
20:18 AWS point of view on open source
22:46 Grounding and knowledge bases
26:07 Semiconductors and data center capacity for AI workloads
31:15 Infrastructure investment for AI startups
33:18 Value creation in the AI ecosystem
36:22 Enterprise adoption
38:48 Near-future predictions for AWS usage
41:25 AWS’s role for startups