AWS will launch AI Agent Marketplace next week with humanity as partners
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching AI Agent Marketplace next week, Anthropic is one of its partners, and TechCrunch is learning exclusively.
The launch of the AWS Agent Marketplace was held at the AWS Summit in New York City on July 15th, with two well-versed development members telling TechCrunch. AWS and Humanity did not respond to requests for comment.
AI agents have been ubiquitous these days. And every Silicon Valley investor is bullish on building a startup, even if there is any discrepancy about what defines an AI agent. The term is It’s a bit vague And it’s It is used loosely to describe computer programs Using AI models in the backend allows you to make decisions, such as interacting with software, and perform tasks independently.
That’s true for AI giants such as Openai and humanity. Advertise it as the next big thing technology. However, the distribution of AI agents poses challenges as most companies offer it in silos. It appears that AWS is taking a step towards addressing this with a new move.
The company’s dedicated agent marketplace allows startups to provide AI agents directly to AWS customers. The market also allows business customers to view, install and search AI agents based on requirements from a single location, sources say.
It could significantly boost humanity- and other AWS Agent Marketplace partners.
Humans already owned Amazon support It is reportedly lined up Another multi-billion dollar investment See the future of AI from e-commerce companies Mainly from the agent’s perspective – At least for the next few years. Humanity builds AI agents in-house Developers will allow them to be created using APIs.
AWS’s marketplace helps reach humanity to more customers, including those who may already be using rival AI agents such as Openai. Humanity’s involvement in the market can also attract more developers and create more agents using APIs, and ultimately increase revenue. Already at work Earnings reached $3 billion Late May.
Like other online marketplaces, AWS reduces the revenue that startups earn from agent installations. However, this share is minimized compared to the market’s potential to unlock new revenue streams and attract customers.
The market model allows startups to bill customers from agents. This structure is similar to how the market price SaaS instead of bundling its offerings into a wider range of services, one source said.
Amazon is not the first tech giant to provide the market for agents. Google Cloud introduced it in April AI Agent Marketplace Help developers and businesses list, sell and sell AI agents. Microsoft has also introduced similar products called Agent Storein Microsoft 365 Copilot a month later. Similarly, include enterprise software providers Salesforce and ServiceNow It has its own Agent Marketplace.
That said, it remains to be seen how successful these markets are for small AI startups and businesses looking for specific AI agents.