Cloud computing company
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the cloud computing subsidiary of Amazon, based in Seattle. It sells compute, storage and AI services such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and it publishes the open-source Strands Agents SDK and Strands harness for building AI agents in Python and TypeScript.
Last reviewed 28 Oct 2026
Facts at a glance
| Type | Cloud computing provider, subsidiary of Amazon |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
| AI services | Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Amazon SageMaker |
| Open-source agent tools | Strands Agents SDK, Strands harness, Strands CLI, Strands Evals |
| Latest update covered here | Strands harness released on 21 September 2026 source |
What AWS does in AI agents
AWS offers managed services for running agents, led by Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and maintains the open-source Strands Agents project, whose website lists Amazon Web Services as its publisher. Strands agents can run on AWS or on other providers that host Linux containers. The timeline below lists every story on this site that names AWS.
Questions people ask
- Who makes Strands Agents?
- Strands Agents is an open-source project published by Amazon Web Services, according to the Strands website.
- Is AWS the same company as Amazon?
- AWS is the cloud computing subsidiary of Amazon.