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CEO, Amazon Web Services · Jun 24, 2026 · Statement, AWS CEO Matt Garman on why enterprise AI is finally delivering real returns (Platformer podcast)

One of the things that's driven up a bunch of cost of AI is that people were trying to use the best model for every single thing...

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Matt Garman, CEO, Amazon Web Services
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AWS CEO Matt Garman on why enterprise AI is finally delivering real returns (Platformer podcast)
Topics
Economics, Enterprise-AI
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AWS
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aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws/aws-matt-garman-enterprise-ai-roi-interview-2026

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