Data graph platform Apollo GraphQL co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Matt DeBergalis is moving up to CEO, succeeding co-founder and CEO Geoff Schmidt, who will remain at Apollo in a new role focused on advancing the company’s technology and the GraphQL ecosystem.

AWS news in 2025 focuses on AI innovation, Nvidia partnership, agentic AI, partner programs, new chips, billions in data center investments, cloud market share and Bedrock.

Amazon lays off hundreds in its AWS division, citing AI-driven changes and broader efficiency efforts across internal cloud and training teams.

While the layoffs were confirmed by Amazon, no details were provided. News outlets report that 'at least hundreds of jobs' were cut.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced a new suite of capabilities and tools designed to support customers in developing AI agents on top of AWS infrastructure. At the core of this launch is Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a service that enables customers to deploy and manage advanced AI agents securely and at scale.

For Silicon Valley giants, getting ahead in the artificial intelligence race requires more than building the biggest, most capable models; they’re also competing to get third-party developers to build new applications based on their technology.

Microsoft, the second largest cloud provider, has followed Amazon's lead and made strides in chip development. In 2023, the company designed its own systems called Sidekicks to cool the Maia AI chips it developed.

Amazon confirmed layoffs in its cloud computing unit, AWS, and employees are trying to determine which teams were affected.