AWS
subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning AWS
Ilya Volodarsky - Analytics for Startups
Y Combinator
Amazon Web Services, used by Segment in their early days for hosting their products, indicating its essential role even when cost-conscious.
Mag 7 sell-off, Wiz rejects Google, UBI, Kamala in, China's nuclear buildout, Sacks responds to PG
All-In Podcast
Amazon Web Services, a major cloud computing platform mentioned as a competitor against Google Cloud. Its revenue growth trajectory is compared to Google's.
The Besties Take Napa | All-In Special
All-In Podcast
Amazon Web Services, mentioned as a cloud computing platform that early startups embraced, leading to businesses like Dropbox and YouTube.
Advice on Organizing and Running Growth Teams from Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer
Y Combinator
Mentioned humorously in the context of cost-effectiveness, implying that 'cheap' infrastructure doesn't equate to free growth overall.
GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druck's Argentina bet, did Google kill Perplexity?
All-In Podcast
Amazon Web Services, used as an analogy for Athena's service model: providing an operational or EA resource at a fixed, affordable annual cost.
MIT 6.S094: Introduction to Deep Learning and Self-Driving Cars
Lex Fridman
Cloud hosting service mentioned for hosting machine learning data and compute, also heavily supports MXNet.
The Iran War Isn’t About Nukes — Follow the Money (and the Trade You Can’t Miss)
Tom Bilyeu
Data centers operated by AWS in the UAE and Bahrain were struck by Iranian drones, causing service disruptions and prompting immediate customer migration.
B.J. Novak Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Example of rentable infrastructure that makes testing ideas in tech cheaper and easier.
Matt Mullenweg Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Amazon's cloud computing platform, cited as an example of Bezos's strategy of going into areas where no one says they should go.
Tracy DiNunzio Interview: Part 1 (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A cloud computing service mentioned as an example of on-demand infrastructure for startups.
E156: Ivy League antisemitism, macro, SaaS recovery, Gemini, Figma deal delay + big Friedberg update
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as an example of an infrastructure provider that, along with Azure and GCP, will profit from the commoditization of foundational AI models and hardware.
Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation | Lex Fridman Podcast #344
Lex Fridman
Cloud computing platform mentioned to illustrate the significantly lower computational cost of training Pluribus compared to Libratus.
E110: 2023 Bestie Predictions!
All-In Podcast
One of Amazon's three pillars of business, alongside e-commerce and Prime memberships.
E27: The Great Inflation Debate, Amazon gets spicy on Twitter, rethinking supply chains & more
All-In Podcast
Reported tens of billions in revenue and strong growth, indicating the size of the cloud market.
Jensen Huang: Nvidia's Future, Physical AI, Rise of the Agent, Inference Explosion, AI PR Crisis
All-In Podcast
Announced plans to buy a million NVIDIA chips over the next couple of years, highlighting their significant investment in NVIDIA's technology.
Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince at Startup School SV 2014
Y Combinator
Mentioned as not being as prevalent in the early days of Cloudflare, impacting their ability to acquire servers.
Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
A cloud computing platform that Instagram eventually adopted after initially using a single physical server, realizing its benefits for scaling.
Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
A cloud computing platform that removed Parler, an act seen by Eich as selective and problematic.
Kevin Kelly Returns (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A cloud computing platform, used as an analogy for how AI will be purchased and used as a utility, rather than built by individuals.
Will OpenAI Kill All Startups?
Y Combinator
Amazon Web Services, mentioned as an example of a foundational technology like S3 upon which services like Dropbox were initially built.
The Better Customer–Startups or Big Enterprise?
Y Combinator
A cloud computing service that used a bottom-up sales strategy by selling to engineers at startups, who then became advocates and influenced larger companies to adopt their services.
Stop Innovating (On The Wrong Things)
Y Combinator
Used as a benchmark for pricing in cloud compute. Founders who dislike AWS are advised against creating unnecessarily complex or unfamiliar pricing models.
How To Price For B2B | Startup School
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a provider of fees that contribute to a startup's costs, influencing pricing strategy.
Work at a Startup Expo 2019
Y Combinator
Amazon Web Services, where RevenueCat's entire stack is deployed, indicating a focus on scalable cloud infrastructure.