Matt Garman, who took over as CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in June 2023, has been with the company for nearly two decades. Starting as an intern, he played a key role in developing AWS’s core services before stepping into the leadership role.
AWS, Amazon’s most profitable division, is making significant AI investments. In April 2023, it launched Amazon Bedrock, offering cloud customers access to foundation models from AI companies like Anthropic and Mistral. At its re:Invent conference in December, AWS introduced Nova, a new generation of foundation models, and announced a partnership with Anthropic to build one of the world’s most powerful AI supercomputers using AWS’s Trainium 2 chips.
Speaking with TIME after the conference, Garman emphasized AWS’s long-term AI strategy, the importance of AI safety, and the company’s efforts to balance growing energy demands with its sustainability goals.
