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Amazon Slashes AGI Team, Refocuses on Customers

7/22/2026

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  • Amazon announced on July 22, 2026 that it is cutting jobs in its artificial general intelligence (AGI) group.
  • Employees under Vice President Adeeb Shanaa and Vice President Vishal Sharma said they were impacted on online forums Wednesday.
  • Amazon said the cuts sharpen its focus on customer-centric initiatives.
  • Vice President Peter DeSantis took over AGI work in December, joining a unit that also handles silicon development and quantum computing.