AWS Startups Blog

Datacoral CEO & Founder Raghotham Murthy talks about how he transitioned from being a lead engineer to a founder and how AWS helps his company’s approach to data analysis.

Data-driven analytics and machine learning are go-to resources for a wide spectrum of modern industries, from mobility solutions to financial management. Everyone’s looking for the perfect symbiosis of information and output—but what does all that data have to do with corn and cannabis?

On April 13, 2019 the New York Urban League Young Professionals (NYULYP) hosted its annual STEAM Conference for over 120 middle and high school students at the AWS Loft in New York as part of its National Day of Service initiative. The NYULYP organized a full day of mentorship, hands-on learning, career discovery, and entertainment.

Xosphere CEO and Founder Alan Hand talks about how he started his company, who his customers are, and how AWS has helped his startup, at the 2019 AWS Summit – Anaheim.

From unanticipated service failures to load-related performance degradations, infrastructure event readiness planning is critical for handling seasonal traffic spikes gracefully and dynamically. Without proper preparation, your best sales day could become your last. Gain insights into how Elaine Arbaugh, Senior Software Engineer and SRE tech lead, at fintech startup Affirm managed the massive influx of activity during the 2018 Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday shopping weekend by building a scale-up, fault tolerant, database system that was able to handle 5x a normal day’s scale.

Ilya Volodarsky, Co-founder at Segment—a customer data infrastructure startup—shares how startups can leverage analytics to answer the tough questions and enable growth.

Ever wondered how growing startups use AWS to build, scale, and change the ways their customers live and work? Read on to learn how three London-based mobile app startups got their starts and what AWS tools and services they used to launch their MVPs.

The ability to easily make reservations online for goods and services may seem ubiquitous, but many industries have not yet found the technology to match their needs. When Matt Millar and his colleagues found that 70% of the beauty industry was still running on pen and paper, he and his partners founded Slick, a salon management platform that helps hair and beauty professionals book appointments, manage calendars, and save money.

Saumitra Das, CTO & Co-founder, and Ali Ahmadzadeh, Head of AI, at Blue Hexagon, share the volume and velocity challenges in the threat landscape today.

Coralogix co-founder and CPO Ariel Assaraf started the company after completing his service in the Israeli army. Here’s his story.