Building Agents at Cloud Scale — Antje Barth, AWS

Antje Barth discusses building AI agents at cloud scale, highlighting Amazon's internal use of generative AI in various applications, including the reimagining of Alexa. She introduces Amazon Q Developer, a code assistant with an agent for the CLI, and emphasizes the speed at which AWS teams can now ship agentic services. Barth then introduces Strands Agents, an open-source Python SDK for building AI agents, and explains its integration with Amazon Bedrock and other model providers. She also touches on the integration of MCP (Model Communication Protocol) and the use of Lambda functions for deploying MCP servers, concluding with a vision of a future where agents seamlessly connect and accomplish tasks together.