AWS launches AI-powered software products and partners with OpenAI to expand beyond cloud infrastructure into SaaS

AWS unveiled Amazon Quick, a desktop application for personal productivity tasks like creating presentations and arranging meetings, along with three new Connect applications for specialized fields including hiring, healthcare, and supply-chain management. Quick will be available to both AWS and non-AWS customers with free and premium tiers.

AWS announced a partnership with OpenAI that allows AWS business customers to integrate OpenAI's GPT models and Codex coding tool directly into their products, ending OpenAI's exclusive availability through Microsoft's cloud. The partnership includes a revenue share, though financial terms were not disclosed.

AWS CEO Matt Garman framed the move as addressing a "huge business opportunity" driven by agentic AI (AI systems that make autonomous decisions to complete tasks), stating "everything is going to be remade" across applications. He noted that personal productivity software has not been substantially updated in the last 30 years.

AWS revenue rose 20% to $128.7 billion in 2025 with operating income of $45.6 billion last year. Amazon plans $200 billion in capital expenditures this year, up more than 50% from its $131 billion in 2025 capex.