AWS: Shifting From Cloud-Based Apps to an Agentic AI Cloud

CEO Matt Garman Shares Plans for Developing Billions of Autonomous Agents Rahul Neel Mani (@rneelmani) • December 2, 2025

For two decades, AWS has been the undisputed leader in cloud computing, but listening to AWS CEO Matt Garman at the re:Invent 2025 conference, the future isn't in the infrastructure layer. Garman envisions a fundamental shift from building applications in the cloud to managing a cloud of autonomous artificial intelligence agents.

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Garman told attendees Tuesday that "80 to 90% of enterprise AI value will come from agents,” and that will drive a fundamental architectural reset for all IT organizations. He said AWS plans to retrain its developer base to focus on orchestrating complex behaviors rather than writing monolithic code.

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