Andy Jassy is the perfect Amazon CEO for the Gen AI (cost-cutting) era

“Those who embrace this change, are aware of artificial intelligence, and will help us build and improve the absence of internal intelligence capabilities and connect them to customers, and they will be in a good position to get a great impact and help us to re -invent the company,” he wrote in an email at the company level that was also published on the Amazon Blog.

But regardless of how new Amazon employees go to new AI tools, Jassy also explained that there is no space on the bus for everyone: “We expect this to reduce the total workforce in companies where we get efficiency gains from the use of artificial intelligence on a large scale throughout the company.”

When I read this observation – and recommend reading the whole matter – some questions quickly come to mind. Are some vast parts of the Amazon Organization very resistant to new technology and may need a general payment (or, a kick in the rear), at the Jassy Show? It seems likely. Is the public memorandum of the Wall Street branches, which will eventually pay its heavy fruits by providing significant costs in the costs? assume.

Does observation aim to provide some glossy artificial intelligence cover for imminent or future mass demobilization that may not have anything, or only something, related to Amnesty International in reality in dealing with some companies ’tasks? I think this is also possible, although I find it less likely.

Are the parts of the article in which Jassy systematically defines the different methods that Amazon actually uses Gen AI (which he publicly performed on more than one occasion this year), designer to push Amazon into AI -controlled news courses that are often characterized by many other companies that were not called Amazon? maybe.

Regardless of the exact goal or motivation, Amazon does not say exactly the motive for this public memorandum, it seems that Jaci appears to be a suitable leader for the current task-especially to reduce costs, or, as he indicated in his annual speech to shareholders in April, and avoid costs “Gen Ai”.

I do not mean to deduct a Jaci ability to drive on the innovation front. He converted and drove Amazon services after all, from its cradle, to the Cloud Cloud provider he is today.

But since he assumed the position of CEO of Jeff Bezos in 2021, Jaci has also become a large cost in the company and it seemed comfortable in this role.

It has supervised the largest company’s demobilization operations in the company’s history in recent years (joined other major technology companies such as Meta, Alphabet and Salesforce, which reduced all the main factors after employment in the epidemic).

The logistics team renewed the US warehouse network and inventory systems to reduce the cost of getting each product to a customer.

It also prompted the teams to accelerate the automation of some warehouse tasks, which can allow the company over time to do more at least – or at least more.

Some of these moves were necessary by Bezos, which took over to Jassy, ​​an enlarged and sometimes bright company when the CEO moved nearly four years ago. But it also seems to the company’s close observer that Jassy is very comfortable in this role; Although he enjoys or accepts it simply I don’t know.

Therefore, whether the Amazon shakes of artificial intelligence, it turns out to be painful contraction, or a gradual re -calibration, or anything else, it seems that modern history indicates that the company, if there is nothing else, has the right man for this position.