The AWS AI Ripple: Compute, Services, and Generative Intelligence

2025-09-12T09:08:43+00:00

In 2006, building AI required a PhD and a million-dollar lab. In 2024, it requires a laptop and a $5 AWS credit. Before, training a neural network was something only elite research labs with specialized hardware could accomplish. Now, anyone with curiosity and an internet connection can spin up AI models rivaling what Fortune 500 companies built just five years ago. That transformation was driven by Amazon Web Services (AWS) through three strategic waves of innovation: Compute Foundation, AI as a Service, and Generative Intelligence. The AWS AI Ripple. While most tech giants built AI for themselves, AWS built the [...]