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Amazon Leo Has Enough Satellites to Start Its Starlink Test
Amazon Leo now has 396 satellites in orbit after a July 2 Atlas V launch, enough for initial continuous service in targeted latitudes. The milestone moves Amazon closer to a real Starlink competitor, but early customers should expect limited coverage while Amazon races to scale launches, capacity, and terminals.
RAISE US Launches $500M AI Workforce Push With OpenAI and Anthropic Backing
RAISE US, a bipartisan nonprofit led by Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb, launched with more than $500 million to test AI workforce programs with states, employers, and major tech backers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Amazon.
Amazon’s Trainium Talks Push AWS Chips Beyond the Cloud
AWS is in early talks to sell Trainium AI chips for use in other companies’ data centers, a shift that could move Amazon from cloud-only accelerator provider toward a more direct role in the AI chip market. The opportunity is real, but so are the constraints: Trainium capacity is already tight, Nvidia still owns the broadest software ecosystem, and selling racks outside AWS could weaken the cloud bundle that makes custom silicon so valuable to Amazon.