Amazon · Mon 9 Nov

Amazon develops cloud infrastructure and custom artificial intelligence chips through Amazon Web Services alongside its consumer retail and device operations. Truncated covers its cloud offerings, hardware developments, industry partnerships and corporate strategy.

Monday 9 November

AWS Adds Single-Shot RAG and Retrieval-Only Mode to Bedrock

AI-generated summary Amazon Web Services announced that Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base now supports single-shot retrieval-augmented generation and passage-only requests through AgenticRetrieveStream. AWS says single-shot operation can reduce latency and model usage relative to agentic retrieval, though the announcement supplies no measured latency or cost comparison.

Also covered by Bytechap

Amazon Connect Customer launches evaluation form templates - AWS

AI-generated summary Amazon Web Services announces that Amazon Connect Customer now provides evaluation form templates to reduce the time needed to deploy automated evaluations of human and artificial intelligence agent performance. The new templates cover customer service, inbound sales, and self-service scenarios while assessing agent behaviors and business outcomes such as customer satisfaction and attrition risk.

Deerfield taps AWS to fuel healthcare AI ambitions

Large cross and glowing medical icons hologram. Concept of artificial intelligence in health care

AI-generated summary Investment firm Deerfield Management is collaborating with Amazon Web Services to use its cloud and AI technology to help healthcare and life sciences companies build and scale. Deerfield affiliate Ascertain is already using AWS infrastructure for its agentic AI platform that automates workflows like case management and prior authorization.

AWS’ $100 Million AI Bet Is on Reaching Patients, Not Replacing Doctors

AI-generated summary Amazon Web Services has launched a $100 million commitment to artificial intelligence, agentic services, and cloud infrastructure aimed at expanding healthcare access in underserved populations. Dr Rowland Illing says the initiative focuses on extending the reach of existing care providers and improving operational efficiency rather than replacing physicians.

Also covered by Amazon News TNW | Amazon Fierce Healthcare

Bain Capital’s Ajay Agarwal bet on robots when Silicon Valley wouldn’t. Now he sees a ‘golden era’ for physical AI

Kiva Systems robots work in a warehouse.

AI-generated summary Bain Capital Ventures investor Ajay Agarwal views the current period as a golden era for hardware and physical artificial intelligence. PitchBook figures indicate that robotics and physical artificial intelligence startups raised $27.6 billion in funding across 1,009 deals in 2025.