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Amazon cuts headcount in its AGI team

The cuts surprised observers unaware the division existed.

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Amazon cuts headcount in its AGI team

The cuts surprised observers unaware the division existed.

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BT Bojan Tunguz@tunguz

10:10 AM · Jul 22, 2026

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This is shocking. I didn’t know that Amazon had an AI team. 😱

Polymarket@Polymarket

JUST IN: Amazon cuts jobs from its artificial general intelligence team.

JO Jim O'Shaughnessy@jposhaughnessy

12:42 PM · Jul 22, 2026

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@tunguz 😜

LB Lucas Beyer (bl16)@giffmana

12:03 PM · Jul 22, 2026

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@tunguz AGI*

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Many users mocked Amazon's AGI team as incompetent rebranded Alexa staff or worse, while a few praised Amazon Q.

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GR Graphtheory@graphtheory

10:27 AM · Jul 22, 2026

@tunguz I advised this team for 6 months as their AWS SA. They are retards. They wouldn’t listen to any feedback about Nova (which was a clear absolute and total flop) & they’ve been building the wrong things this whole time. They deserve to be cut.

SM Sir Meemsalot@Meme0rable

10:47 AM · Jul 22, 2026

@tunguz They renamed part of the Alexa team to the AGI team but then learned that simply renaming teams doesn't make them an AI team 😂

UK Ubaidullah Khan@realUbiKhan

11:17 AM · Jul 22, 2026

@tunguz well I'm currently using amazon Q and it's decent for what I need it to do

KE Kunal e/acc---EA@the_kunal

10:13 AM · Jul 22, 2026

@tunguz From the AI team here, don't get confused AI ( Actually Indians)

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MS Max Shahdoost@realmaxtsh

10:21 AM · Jul 22, 2026