How Companies Are Really Using AI, with AWS VP Francessca Vasquez

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How are companies really using AI? And is it truly working? AWS Vice President Francessca Vasquez joins the GeekWire Podcast to talk about what companies are actually doing with AI today, and what's holding them back. We discuss real-world deployments, lessons from AWS customers across industries, and the challenges and opportunities in scaling generative and agentic AI. Related Stories and Links:  Amazon gives $100M boost to AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, betting on agentic AI Gartner: Over 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Be Canceled by End of 2027 AWS News Blog: Top announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2025 Amazon cuts hundreds of AWS cloud jobs after strategic review, says AI wasn’t the main factor Meta snags Seattle startup co-founder for Zuckerberg’s elite superintelligence team With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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