All the biggest news from AWS’ big tech show re:Invent 2025
Amazon Web Services giant tech conference is happening this week with news ranging from chips to AI services.
AI agents
Amazon previews 3 AI agents, including ‘Kiro’ that can code on its own for days
Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced three new AI agents it calls “Frontier agents” for coding, security, and DevOps.
AWS launches new Nova AI models and a service that gives customers more control
Amazon Web Services announced four new AI models within its Nova model family and a frontier model service.
AWS announces new capabilities for its AI agent builder
AWS is introducing new capabilities for its AI agent building platform, including memory and evaluation tools.
Databricks reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $130B+ valuation
Databricks is said to be in talks to raise a new round of funding just a few months after its last fundraise, which valued the company at $100 billion.
MCP AI agent security startup Runlayer launches with 8 unicorns, $11M from Khosla’s Keith Rabois and Felicis
Three-time founder Andrew Berman is back with a startup that helps IT ensure business users’ AI agents operate securely.
Google’s SIMA 2 agent uses Gemini to reason and act in virtual worlds
“SIMA 2 is a more general agent. It can complete complex tasks in previously unseen environments. And it’s a self improving agent… which is a step towards more general purpose robots and AGI systems more generally.”
Wonderful raised $100M Series A to put AI agents on the front lines of customer service
Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, IVP, Bessemer, and Vine Ventures. The large round, in a market already crowded with AI agent startups, suggests Wonderful has convinced top tier investors it’s not just another GPT wrapper, but a company building the infrastructure and orchestration that could scale if […]
Microsoft built a fake marketplace to test AI agents — they failed in surprising ways
The research raises new questions about how well AI agents will perform when working unsupervised — and how quickly AI companies can make good on promises of an agentic future.