AWS
Events
What's Next with AWS

What's Next with AWS

Watch AWS and OpenAI leaders discuss what’s next in agentic AI and how businesses can rethink the way they operate.

Watch the highlights

What happened at the event

On April 28, AWS and OpenAI discussed what's next in agentic AI and announced new capabilities that show how agents are changing the way businesses and builders work.

Watch the highlights

Here’s what happened on April 28 and why it matters. See Julia White, CMO of AWS, recap the biggest moments from the event in just a few minutes.

Product Announcements:

Explore the latest innovations in agentic AI announced at What’s Next with AWS.

Speakers

Matt Garman, CEO, AWS

Matt joined Amazon in 2006 and is currently the CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Matt sits on Amazon’s executive senior leadership team, known as the S-Team. He has held several leadership positions in AWS during his time at Amazon. Matt previously served as Senior Vice President of the Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization in AWS as well as Vice President of the Amazon EC2 and Compute Services businesses for AWS for more than 10 years. He started at Amazon when AWS first launched in 2006 and served as one of the first product managers, helping to launch the initial set of AWS services. Prior to Amazon, Matt spent time in product management roles at early-stage internet startups.

Colleen Aubrey SVP, Applied AI Solutions, AWS

Colleen Aubrey is Senior Vice President of Applied AI Solutions at AWS. Colleen leads the team responsible for building a new pillar of business for AWS: purpose-built agentic applications that leverage Amazon's unique experience and expertise to help businesses improve outcomes using Amazon Connect. Her team consists of Amazon Connect, AWS Training and Certification, AWS Support, demand planning, secure workplace enablement, autonomous retail, and accelerating research in life sciences. This team’s ambition is to enable businesses of all sizes to put AI to work and innovate with Amazon AI teammates. Prior to AWS, Colleen led Amazon Advertising product teams, and for more than 15 years, helped build Amazon’s advertising products and services into an industry-leading ad tech offering. Colleen joined Amazon in 2005, leading the UK Marketplace Sales team based in London.

Julia White, VP & CMO, AWS

Julia White is the Chief Marketing Officer for Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, she leads a global team of marketers dedicated to inspiring and empowering AWS customers, developers, and partners to maximize their AI and cloud potential. Julia brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her position at AWS. Prior to joining the company in 2024, she served as the Chief Marketing & Solutions Officer at SAP, preceded by her notable 20-year tenure at Microsoft, where she led product marketing for Office 365 and Azure. Her extensive experience in the tech industry has equipped her with a deep understanding of enterprise software, AI & cloud computing, and digital transformation.

Jigar Thakkar, VP, Agentic AI for Business, Quick, AWS

Jigar Thakkar serves as Vice President of Quick at Amazon Web Services, where he leads the development of next-generation agentic AI applications that empower business users to work smarter and faster. With over 25 years of experience driving digital transformation across global financial services and major technology platforms, Jigar combines deep technical expertise with a proven track record of scaling transformative products that serve millions of users worldwide.

Denise Dresser, Chief Revenue Officer, OpenAI

Denise Dresser is Chief Revenue Officer at OpenAI, overseeing all commercial functions, where she leads global revenue growth and go-to-market strategy as organizations adopt AI at scale. She joins OpenAI from Slack, where she served as CEO, leading the company through its integration with Salesforce while advancing AI-powered workflows. Previously, Denise spent a decade at Salesforce leading enterprise sales for some of the company’s largest and most complex global customers. She began her career in enterprise sales leadership at Oracle.

Anthony Liguori, VP/Distinguished Engineer, AWS

Anthony Liguori is a VP and Distinguished Engineer in the AWS Compute and GenAI Services team. He has been in AWS for 12 years and led the design and development of the AWS Nitro System, AWS Outposts, and most recently the Amazon Bedrock Mantle infrastructure.

Watch the full discussion

View the full discussion between AWS and OpenAI leaders on what’s changing in agentic AI, what launched, and what businesses need to move from experimentation to real impact.