AWS launches Kiro powers with Stripe, Figma, and Datadog integrations for AI-assisted coding

Amazon Web Services on Wednesday introduced Kiro powers, a system that allows software developers to give their AI coding assistants instant, specialized expertise in specific tools and workflows — addressing what the company calls a fundamental bottleneck in how artificial intelligence agents operate today.

AWS made the announcement at its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. The capability marks a departure from how most AI coding tools work today. Typically, these tools load every possible capability into memory upfront — a process that burns through computational resources and can overwhelm the AI with irrelevant information. Kiro powers takes the opposite approach, activating specialized knowledge only at the moment a developer actually needs it.

"Our goal is to give the agent specialized context so it can reach the right outcome faster — and in a way that also reduces cost," said Deepak Singh, Vice President of Developer Agents and Experiences at Amazon, in ...