AWS Startups Blog

What do you get when you put the world’s brightest scientists in a room, arm them with the most advanced tools of their trade, and get them to work on the world’s hardest problems? Not much without data. At least that’s the thought behind Repositive.io, the first portal for researchers to browse the world’s human genomic data.

To improve their customer experience, Bark and Co VP of Engineering Becky Segal says the company started using AWS Comprehend to take custom, text-written responses from customers and get a better read on sentiment analysis.

AWS was honored to join hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, educators, government officials, and business representatives in Hyderabad, India for the 7th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) last November.

Joanna McFarland is the co-founder and CEO of HopSkipDrive, a ridesharing app specifically geared toward alleviating the daily stress of planning hectic family transportation schedules.

Beam me up, Scotty. You might not know it now, but these could be the four most influential words in the English language today. At least that’s what Steve Raymond, CEO of 8i, is shooting for.

James Norman, founder and CEO of Pilotly, may have come up through the entertainment industry, but he’s got a broader target in mind.

When designing a robot buddy for students, you’d think the more realistic looking the robot, the more appealing, right? Not so, says academic-turned-entrepreneur Laura Boccanfuso.

Designed with startup founders and technical staff in mind, the AWS Startup Day series was created to help accelerate startup innovation and growth and we’re excited to be bringing the event to London for the first time.

When Zocdoc’s patients told the startup that insurance was confusing, the company decided to build an insurance-checker product.

There is something of value for everyone at the AWS Summits, a free event series that brings the cloud computing community together. These events are intended to provide educational value to attendees of all skill levels and industry backgrounds and demonstrate how they can utilize AWS for designing, deploying, and eventually operating infrastructures and applications. The next AWS Summit is being held in San Francisco on April 4th, where CTO Werner Vogels and Dr. Matt Wood, GM of Artificial Intelligence, will be delivering the keynote.