Tag: reInvent

On the second day of Startup Central at re:Invent 2018, companies such as Bebo, Robinhood, Bill.com, and Coinbase delivered presentations covering a variety of topics, including using Amazon SageMaker and AWS Elemental, creating a self-service data platform, and a primer on Crytocurrency.

The Startup’s Guide to re:Invent includes of the key moments from the overall re:Invent schedule, and the startup-specific sessions. We’ve asked some re:Invent veterans (and newbies) to offer their game plan for the days they will be in Vegas for the conference. Finally, we’ve identified some re:Invent sessions, picked from the main catalog, and grouped them based on a particular need, or type of startup product and focus.

This year Startup Central is headed to the Aria Quad at AWS re:Invent and we’ve designed a series of technical talks, speed networking activities, mentorship opportunities, and straight-up fun, for those of you planning to join us in Vegas.

Over the past few years, the tech conversation has been dominated by references to AI and deep learning. Some people liken it to websites in 1995—everybody knew they needed one, but they didn’t all know what they were. Today, there are a lot of people talking about AI without having a real grasp on how deep learning works or even what it means. So what is it, really?

AWS’s annual re:Invent conference may not traditionally be known for its startup scene, but at this year’s iteration, Global Startup Evangelist Mackenzie Kosut took advantage of the massive event to chat with five hot startups for his Startups on Air video series.

Day 3 of AWS re:Invent got started with Amazon.com CTO, Dr. Werner Vogels, bringing out some awesome startups on stage during his keynote! We heard from Jeff Lawson, CEO and Founder of the Unicorn startup Twilio, Chris Turvil, ‎Head of Cloud and Platform Agility at thetrainline.com, and Eric Gunderson, CEO at Mapbox. Werner also announced […]

The answer: AWS re:Invent Day 2! Before we say anything else, you need to know that there was a big rig truck on stage during the keynote yesterday. Yes, you read that right, a TRUCK! The day began at 6 a.m. for attendees participating in the 5k run from The Mirage, which was open to […]

Day 1 of AWS re:Invent 2016 wrapped up last night with a fantastic Welcome Reception in the Expo Hall, and Tuesday Night Live with James Hamilton! Earlier in the day, re:Invent attendees participated in AWS Certification Exams, Bootcamps, Hands-on Labs, and a wide range of Breakout Sessions from Scaling to Your First 10 million Users […]