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Amazon’s new agentic AI team will reportedly be housed at Lab126, a research and development unit
Amazon has launched a new team focused on the development of agentic AI for its robotics division, according to reports.
The team will be housed at Lab126, the Amazon R&D unit responsible for the Kindle e-reader, Fire TV products, and Echo devices, according to CNBC and Reuters.
Agentic AI, unlike more straightforward tools like chatbots, is designed to handle complex tasks assigned by users, sometimes with little human interaction required.
Amazon (AMZN) reportedly has assembled a research and development (R&D) team to develop an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) framework for its robotics division.
The team will be housed at Lab126, the Amazon R&D unit responsible for the Kindle e-reader, Fire TV products, and Echo devices, according to CNBC and Reuters.
Agentic AI, unlike more straightforward tools like chatbots, is designed to handle complex tasks assigned by users, sometimes with little human interaction required. Amazon wants to use that technology in its warehouse robots, making them capable of performing in-depth processes rather than just a single job, the reports said.
“We’re creating systems that can hear, understand and act on natural language commands, turning warehouse robots into flexible, multi-talented assistants,” Amazon said, per Reuters.
Earlier this year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its own agentic AI division, according to Reuters, which said it had viewed an internal email from AWS CEO Matt Garman in which he wrote that agentic AI had potential to be “the next multi-billion business for AWS.”
Shares of Amazon rose nearly 2% in recent trading Thursday but are down 4% in 2025.
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