Episode Details
Back to Episodes
284: Amazon Q uses machine learning to get smarter, but Bond’s Q can turn a wristwatch into a laser beam. Your move, AI.
Description
Welcome to episode 284 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Everybody is in the house this week, and it’s a good thing because since we’ve last recorded re:Invent happened, and we have a LOT to talk about. So let’s jump right in!
Titles we almost went with this week:
- Amazon Steals from Azure…. We Are Doomed
- ️The Cloud Pod Can Now Throw Away a lot of Code
- The Cloud Pod Controls the Future
- The Cloud Pod Observes More Insights
- We Are Simplicity
- ❌X None of the Above
- Stop Trying to Make Bedrock & Q Happen
- My Head Went SuperNova over all the Q Announcements
- These are Not the Gadgets Bond Needed, Q!
A big thanks to this week’s sponsor:
We’re sponsorless! Want to get your brand, company, or service in front of a very enthusiastic group of cloud news seekers? You’ve come to the right place! Send us an email or hit us up on our slack channel for more info.
AWS
08:12 It’s the re:Invent recap!
Did you make any announcement predictions? Let’s see how our hosts’ predictions stacked up to reality.
Matt – 1
- Large Green Computing Reinvent
- LLM at the Edge
- Something new on S3✅
Ryan (AI) – 1
- Improved serverless observability tools
- Expansion of AI Driven workflows in datalakes✅
- Greater Focus on Multi-Account or Multi-region orchestration, centralized compliance management, or enhanced security services
Jonathan – 0
- New Edge Computing Capabilities better global application deployment type features. (Cloudflare competitor maybe)
- New automated cost optimization tools
- Automated RAG/vector to S3
Justin – 2
-
- Managed Backstage or platform like service
- New LLM multi-modal replacement or upgrade to Titan✅
- Competitor VM offering to Broadcom✅
Honorable Mentions:
Jonathan:
Deeper integration between serverless and container services
New region
Enhanced Observability with AI driven debugging tool✅
Justin:
Multicloud management – in a bigger way (Anthos competitor)
Agentic AI toolings
New ARM graviton chip
How many will AI or Artificial Intelligence be said: 45
Justin – 35✅
Jonathan – 72
Pre:Invent
There were over 180 announcements, and yes – we have them all listed here for you. You’re wel