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Your go-to podcast for real conversations about using AI tools at Amazon. Amazonians across different roles share practical techniques you can try the same day. No theory, no jargon—just conversations about what works, what doesn’t, and how to get better together.
Note: Some tools, resources, and internal references discussed in this podcast may only be accessible to Amazon employees.
Disclaimer: The views, techniques, and tool preferences shared in this podcast represent the personal experiences and opinions of the host and guests. Always follow your organization’s security and compliance guidelines when implementing AI solutions
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Don't scrap it, ask it why: How one marketer made five AI agents reliable.
"I built an agent... now what?" Orlando O'Neill built five custom AI agents for his marketing work. On this episode, he shares how he makes them reliable: asking agents to diagnose their own…
Cortex Kickstart asked her one question, then built four AI agents
Jackie Pizaña wanted AI to do more than summarize documents. Using an internal guided workflow called Cortex Kickstart, she built four AI agents that track commitments, flag escalations, prep…
8 weeks, no roadmap, and a 50% chance of success. Here's how Kiro helped this PM deliver.
Eight weeks, no roadmap, and a 50/50 shot. Vedran Brozovic shares how he used AI to find the right data, generate technical requirements, and build an hourly forecasting system in weeks—not months.…
Describe your problem, Amazon Quick builds the fix—try these skills today
Spending your mornings triaging emails and rewriting the same docs? Eric Johnson shares how he uses Quick to turn everyday pain points into automated workflows. Just describe your problem, and…
Not a developer? You can still build real solutions — here's how
You've got the idea. A tracker, a dashboard, a tool that would save your team hours. You just can't code it. Or can you? Two Amazonians share how to go from ideas to working prototypes using agentic…
Your AI questions, answered—with a little help from Alexa
Host Alex Kalish gets a little help from a very special co-host, Alexa, who steps in to ask the questions while Alex tackles your toughest listener submissions head-on. The throughline? Context is…
You're probably using AI like a search engine—here's how to make it your work partner
Stop treating AI like a tool. Start treating it like a partner. Regional Director in Amazon Logistics shares how he transformed his relationship with AI from task assistant to strategic partner and…
This PM used AI as a career coach—his tips for you to earn new opportunities
Want to think more strategically and accelerate your career growth? Program Manager with Amazon's GoAI team, shares how he uses AI as a personal career coach to prepare for high-stakes meetings,…
One prompt manages emails and slack—here's what it is
Senior Manager AI/ML Specialist from AWS closes all his apps and does everything through AI for one day. The result? Events planned in minutes instead of hours, and a completely new way of working.…
16-year Amazonian shares the AI technique he's adopting to build faster
Principal Software Engineer shares how he went from AI skeptic to AI evangelist — and the exact technique that changed his mind. Learn about the prompt-driven development technique that made AI an…
Try this research prompt framework to get sharper, more useful analysis from AI
It took 20 iterations. Now, the prompt framework a program manager from Amazon's Global Corporate Communications team built consistently delivers high-quality research analysis — faster and more…
Want faster AI results? You need to try meta-prompting
Three hundred questions. Generated by AI, not a human. An AI program lead from Amazon's Global Supply Chain Operations discovered that the secret to better AI results isn't writing better prompts —…
Aza can handle tasks for you: Aza's AI agent explained
Many people use AI like a search engine. But AI agents can do things — find information, manage requests, and take action on your behalf. In this episode we break down what makes agents different and…
How to make AI give you exactly what you need, not everything it knows
Three pages of text when you needed three bullet points. Sound familiar? An Ops Tech Solutions leader cracked the code on getting AI to give you exactly what you asked for — no more, no less. Listen…
Learn the 3-question technique that makes AI your thought partner
Forty hours saved. Insights he never would have found on his own. An Amazon Robotics facilitator discovered that asking AI the right questions — and letting it ask some back — changed everything.…
The context document technique: How you can get better AI results in minutes
A few minutes of setup, dramatically better AI results. An AI Integration Lead built a simple context document that transformed how AI understands his role — and you can do the same. Listen to learn…
