Amazon

Amazon

Software Development

Seattle, WA 30,957,661 followers

About us

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one. Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world. Our mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind. You'll also hear us say that at Amazon, it's always "Day 1." What do we mean? That our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon's very first day - to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and focus on delighting our customers.

Website
https://www.aboutamazon.com/
Industry
Software Development
Company size
10,001+ employees
Headquarters
Seattle, WA
Type
Public Company
Specialties
e-Commerce, Retail, Operations, and Internet

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    More than 60% of sales in Amazon’s store come from independent sellers – most of whom are small and medium-sized businesses. In fact, when you look at the numbers from the last year alone, they speak volumes: 💰 Independent sellers in the U.S. sold more than 4.5 billion items, averaging more than $250,000 in annual sales. 💥 And 10,000+ sellers surpassed $1 million in sales for the first time. 👥 Hundreds of millions of customers purchased from small and medium-sized businesses. 🌍 Over 330 million items were exported by U.S.-based sellers to customers in 130+ countries globally. 💼 Independent sellers employed over 1.8 million people across the U.S. We're dedicated to empowering these small business owners at every stage of their journey. Through powerful tools, global logistics, brand building resources, and AI innovations, we're fueling their growth and unlocking economic opportunities nationwide. This year's Small Business Empowerment Report is a testament to the incredible success of the entrepreneurs selling in Amazon's store. But we know that photos of graphs can sometimes be boring, and our followers love it when we post photos of dogs. So, we’re using our ‘small’ Pupazonians to help us deliver some highlights from our Small Business Empowerment Report. https://amzn.to/3wiL7Ch What is your favorite takeaway?

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    Have you ever seen a heavy-duty electric truck? We’re talking 18-wheelers. Big rigs. No? Well, if you’re in Southern California, you might start seeing them soon. We’re rolling out nearly 50 Volvo Group VNR Electric trucks to haul cargo containers and customer packages. Curious about the details? ⚡ Collectively, they’ll travel more than 1 million miles a year with zero tailpipe emissions. ⚡ With up to 275 miles of range, these #EV trucks can travel as far as many popular consumer #EVs on a single charge. ⚡ They’re packed with safety features like active collision mitigation, blind-spot detection, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, and adaptive cruise control. With their impressive power, significantly lower noise levels, and ergonomic cab design, it’s easy to see why drivers are so excited about them. Keep on truckin.

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    Amazon Pet Day returns for its third year to honor our most beloved companions! Join us today and tomorrow to celebrate National Pet Month with fantastic deals on pet essentials, toys, apparel, and more. 🐶 🐱 🦜 🐰 🐍 But here's what makes it truly special: As part of our dedication to making a difference in the lives of animals, Amazon Pets is proud to sponsor leading animal welfare organizations nationwide, including esteemed partners like Seattle Humane, Atlanta Humane Society, Anti-Cruelty, LifeLine Animal Project, PAWS - Progressive Animal Welfare Society, and more. Drop a pic of your pet below to share the love during #NationalPetMonth. ⬇️ 📸

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    Not all heroes wear capes...some wear cat T-shirts. Meet Tom Scholl. Tom is very serious about two things: 1) internet security and 2) cats. As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) VP and distinguished engineer, Tom's job is to suss out the sources of unusual traffic spikes to help fight against cyberattacks to keep the internet a safe place for all of us. 🐱💻🦸♂️ Experts say his work at AWS has made a dent in a decades-old internet safety issue that affects everyone online. And he has a rare vantage point, given that AWS connects with nearly 5,000 networks total, in 184 locations globally, as of March 2024. His adjacent obsessions with both customers and cats have manifested in a series of internal cat-themed names for software projects that he has worked on during his 13 years at Amazon, all tracked in a “cat-alogue”, of course. 😉 Click the link to take a look at the amazing work he does to fight internet villains every day. ➡️ https://amzn.to/3xvxFek

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    Is 'Earth Month' ✨ actually ✨ over if every month is Earth Month? 🌍 🌏 🌎 We are so proud of all of our employees who work on sustainability initiatives every day here at Amazon. From reducing packaging waste to helping customers consume sustainably, to supporting nature projects, and so much more. And not only are we proud of these Amazonians, but they come to work every day feeling like they are making a difference by working on these projects, programs, and initiatives. There are hundreds of employees who work directly within our sustainability department and over 10,000 Amazon Sustainability Ambassadors. Let's show them some love! 💚 Learn more here: https://amzn.to/44okxEg #Sustainability #InsideAmazon

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    When we started AWS, we looked at the undesirable situation of developers spending 70% of their time on the undifferentiated muck of managing infrastructure (vs only 30% on what differentiated their customer experiences) and aimed to flip that equation on its head. It’s made a pretty big difference in innovation and developer productivity.   Roughly 18 years later, we’re trying to solve another 70-30-like misalignment for developers, where developers are telling us that they’re spending roughly 70% of their time on repetitive and tedious tasks and code.   Today, we’re launching the general availability of Amazon Q, the world’s most capable GenAI-powered assistant for accelerating software development and leveraging companies’ internal data—and that aims to remove much of the muck of repetitive and tedious coding and data tasks for developers and employees at large.   On the software development side, Q doesn’t just generate code, it also tests code, debugs coding conflicts, and transforms code from one form to another (today, developers can save months using Q to move from older versions of Java to newer, more secure and capable ones; in the near future, Q will help developers transform their .net code as well). Q Agents does multi-step planning and reasoning to allow developers to string together multiple requests and have Q implement them.   On the internal data side, most companies have voluminous troves of internally relevant data that resides in wikis, intranet pages, Salesforce, storage repositories like Amazon S3, and a bevy of other data stores and SaaS apps that are hard to access. It makes answering straightforward questions about company policies, products, business results, code, people, and many other topics hard and frustrating. Q makes this much simpler. You can point Q at all of your enterprise data repositories, and it’ll search all this data, summarize logically, analyze trends, and engage in dialog with customers about it.   We also introduced today a powerful new capability called Q Apps, which lets employees describe, in natural language, what apps they want to build on top of this internal data, and Q Apps will quickly generate that app. This is going to make it *so* much easier for internal teams to build useful apps from their own data.   Customers are gravitating to Q, and we already see companies like Brightcove, British Telecom, Datadog, GitLab, GoDaddy, National Australia Bank, NCS, Netsmart, Slalom, Smartsheet, Sun Life, Tata Consultancy Services, Toyota, and Wiz using Q. And, we’ve only been in beta til today.   Very excited about how Q will change what’s possible for our customers, and being a part of helping them innovate more quickly.

    Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant for businesses and developers, is now generally available

    Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant for businesses and developers, is now generally available

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    Behind-the-scenes in the video below is our Package Decision Engine — an AI model designed and built to help reduce packaging and make deliveries more efficient. It considers various factors, like product type, dimensions, and even customer feedback, to determine the best packaging option for millions of items. From sturdy boxes for fragile items to minimal packaging for durable goods, the model ensures orders arrive safely while minimizing waste. Thanks in part to this AI technology, Amazon has already avoided over 2 million tons of packaging material worldwide since 2015. And this is just the beginning! 🚀 ♻️ Learn more: https://amzn.to/3UvYqbI Have you recently received an Amazon package? Odds are it was hand-picked by AI. 📦 #innovation #sustainability #AI

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    CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores

    When we announced that we hit our fastest delivery speeds ever in 2023, we said that we would work to get even faster in 2024. And it’s happening: I’m proud to share that we’ve already set new records for Prime delivery speeds in the first three months of this year, with more than 2 billion items arriving the same or next day to Prime members around the world! Speed is only part of the equation—it also matters to customers how wide a selection of products they can get fast. And I’m happy to report that we now have 20 times as many products that can be delivered twice as fast as when Prime first launched. (Even I get surprised by just how many products we carry. I’m the new owner of an old pellet stove, and was shocked to find Amazon had just the right replacement part I needed. Pretty magical!) I appreciate our teams who innovate every day to deliver record speeds, unparalleled selection, and incredible value to our customers. We’re just getting started. https://lnkd.in/guFaYZUj

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