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Prepare to build

The journey to launch a product and bring it to market is not linear. Learn the recommended steps and what to do before you build.

Founder fundamentals

Building a startup is no easy feat. Understand the steps to take turning your big idea into a business.

Legal and fundraising

Learn the essentials of fundraising, hiring and compensation, and equity management that every founder should know.

Startup Security Baseline: Account controls

Welcome to this introduction to the Startup Security Baseline for AWS. Startup Security Baseline (SSB) is the minimum foundation for AWS users to build securely in the cloud without limiting their agility. In this course, you’ll learn how to implement the first category of SSB: account control. It includes recommendations for setting up user access, policies, and permissions, and how to monitor your account for unauthorized or potentially malicious activity.

Leonardo AI Drives Tech Evolution Using Generative AI on AWS

When Leonardo’s legacy architecture couldn’t handle the sudden increase in traffic, AWS was there to help their team succeed.

Meet your AWS Startup Generative AI Support Team

Find out how to unlock unparalleled support for your generative AI startup from dedicated AWS experts.

How Proto is bringing cutting-edge avatars to life with Amazon Bedrock

Proto migrated to Amazon Bedrock to create lifelike AI avatars with generative AI using Anthropic's Claude model.

Boosted.ai’s generative AI portfolio manager surfaces near-instant finance insights with AWS

In 2020, Boosted.ai expanded their artificial intelligence (AI)-powered financial analysis platform—Boosted Insights.

How Patronus AI helps enterprises boost their confidence in generative AI

With its AI-driven automated evaluation and security platform, Patronus helps its customers use large language models (LLMs) confidently and responsibly.

Technology that teaches empathy? How mpathic uses AI to help us listen to each other

What if artificial intelligence (AI) could augment our ability to really listen and truly relate to others?

Anthropic Claude 3: next-gen models on Amazon Bedrock

Dive into Anthropic's new Claude 3 family of models on Amazon Bedrock with these key facts for developers.

Serverless Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) on AWS

The year is 2024 and you're still paying for a vector database when you're not using it. Not anymore! In this post we explore a fully serverless solution for your Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications on AWS backed by Amazon Lambda, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon S3, and LanceDB.

How climate tech startups use generative AI to address the climate crisis

At AWS, we are seeing generative AI transform how humans and business use technology to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems.

Generative AI: the next productivity frontier

From automating repetitive tasks to enhancing collaboration, discover how startups use generative AI to make work more rewarding and productive.

Crate builds with generative AI on AWS to reimagine online spaces

Anna Bofa’s ambition for Crate is to create an internet where the user does not go out looking for content—the best of the internet comes to them.

Building generative AI applications for your startup

Learn how to build a generative AI application that can help your startup get its product to market as quickly as possible

Using GitOps with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service with Landbay

By combining the power of AWS Cloud, Landbay was able to spin up a best in-class architecture based on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.

Building a serverless dynamic DNS system with AWS

This simple, cost-effective, and scalable solution allows you to focus on the core business logic of your startup, rather than worrying about scaling and maintaining the underlying infrastructure.

How to Build a Mobile App Using AWS

Build a strong foundation for your mobile app with AWS. Learn how to create an appealing user experience and leverage powerful cloud services.

Empowering Your Organization with AWS Machine Learning

Understand the basics of machine learning with AWS, explore use cases, and discover how AWS solutions can benefit your startup data-driven initiatives.

How to Build a Simple Web App Using AWS

Discover how AWS technologies empower startups to rapidly build and scale web applications for an optimized user experience.

How to Choose Between Compute Options on AWS

Learn about serverless, containers, and monolithic web apps, and choose the best fit for your startup's growth.

Maximizing Cost Efficiency with AWS Containers

Don't overspend on container infrastructure! Explore proven techniques to minimize costs and maximize efficiency with AWS container services.

Simplifying Data Processing to Enhance Innovation with Serverless Tools

Explore the serverless approach to data processing and fuel innovation. AWS serverless services offer scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for your apps.

Maximizing Performance with AWS Databases

Learn how to select the perfect AWS database for your startup's needs, and leverage the power of scalability and performance.

The Case for Purpose-Built Databases

Purpose-built databases support diverse data models and allow you to build data-driven, highly scalable, distributed applications and enable long-term success.

Building a Strong Security Foundation

Enhance your startup's security posture with AWS solutions. Explore identity management, secrets protection, encryption, and secure configuration.

Why Early Stage Startups Need to Use Multi-factor Authentication

Protect your startup's assets from unauthorized access. Learn why multi-factor authentication is crucial for early-stage startups.

New AWS Activate Benefits You Might Not Know About

A guide to the lesser known AWS Activate benefits that can help your startup be more efficient in both cost and operations.

Everything You Need to Know About AWS Activate Credits

This is your one-stop shop for everything you need to know about AWS credits available through AWS Activate.

What’s next for startups: Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures

Aileen Lee, Founder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures, gives a valuable perspective on how startup investments have evolved in the last two decades.

Defining Your Startup's Target Audience

From demographics to empathy, learn how to truly connect with your audience. Gain a competitive edge by uncovering the 'why' behind their purchasing decisions.

What’s next for startups: Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures

Charles Hudson, Founder & Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures, gives key insights about the last decade and advice for founders building for the future.

How to Conquer Bias and Master the Fundraising Pitch

Elevate your pitching skills and raise capital effectively. Uncover the art of fundraising with expert tips on process, profile, and practice.

Fundraising by the Numbers with Carta

Gain a competitive edge in fundraising, and learn about trends, valuation, dilution, and more. Empower your fundraising journey now.

This Is Not that MVP Session

From racking gear to API efficiency: explore the transformation of technology and its impact on startups. Gain insights on building and iterating your product.

Maximizing AWS Cost Optimization: Tools & Strategies

Manage and optimize your AWS costs. Explore strategies, tools, and practices to maintain a financially optimized cloud infrastructure.

How to Prevent Unexpected Costs for Startups While Building with AWS

Follow these four recommendations to extend your startup's runway and create a long-term strategy for cost management.

From Vision to Reality: Creating a Successful Product Roadmap

Create a succesful product roadmap with a process-driven framework. Learn practical tips and tricks to connect your high-level vision with actionable plans.

Customer-Centric Insights: How to Find and Listen to Customers

Learn how to delight customers by working backwards from their needs. Gain insights through interviews and build mechanisms that meet their expectations.

How machine learning helps Fraud.net to build a modern app on AWS to combat financial fraud

Fraud.net outpaces and outsmarts the technology criminals use to commit fraud. Learn how they use AI/ML to give their banking and fintech customers peace of mind.

From Ideation to Series A: Founder Stories

Hear firsthand startup experiences from inspiring founders who have successfully scaled their businesses from ideation to series A and beyond.

How Resilia is helping nonprofits to build capacity through SaaS

Meet Sevetri Wilson, serial entrepreneur, business owner, and problem solver. See how her newest startup, Resilia, is transforming how non-profits do business.

Shining a light on Black excellence: three founders share their stories

Three Black innovators and leaders in tech share their journeys, triumphs, and talk about their commitment to mentoring young founders.

How Eyegage scaled their life-saving app via Impact Accelerator partnership

Through the AWS Impact Accelerator, Dr. LaVonda Brown, founder of Eyegage, made a connection to help her to deliver on a key requirement for her app to go to market.

CareCoPilot founder Alyse Dunn wins big after AWS Impact Accelerator

Discover how CareCoPilot founder Alyse Dunn is revolutionizing caregiving with AWS Impact Accelerator. Learn more about her inspiring journey. Read now!

Letter to a future founder: Build community, boost business, and dream big with the AWS Impact Accelerator program

Learn about the transformative journey of an AWS Impact Accelerator program participant. Build connections, enhance your skills, and dream big. Apply now!

Building Black entrepreneurship with the support of AWS employees

To amplify their work and impact, we share stories of eight AWS employees working to advance Black entrepreneurs.

Revolutionizing Music Production: How Jim Jones Launched Quarantine Studios with AWS

Discover how Quarantine Studios revolutionized music production with AWS through virtual recording, enabling artists to collaborate from anywhere, in real time.

How Pattr is helping take out the social media trash

Pattr helps organizations create engaging and effective experiences for customers at scale using conversational artificial intelligence (AI).

Unlocking the human brain with the power of Artificial Intelligence

Omniscient Neurotechnology is using the cloud to help neurosurgeons navigate this most complex of human organs using innovative brain mapping technology.

Scaling in minutes, not days with AWS – Swyftx is riding the rocket of the crypto revolution

Swyftx owned and operated crypto exchange that enables users to purchase over 300 crypto assets, including popular currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Turning Headwinds into Tailwinds: Breeze Airways Achieves 600% YoY Growth After Migrating to AWS

By leveraging native AWS migration tools, Breeze was able to seamlessly migrate their entire infrastructure to AWS.

How Paradime.io Speeds Up Data Pipeline for Customers Up to 50% without Increasing Costs Using AWS Graviton

Paradime is revolutionizing analytics, delivering lightning-fast insights and cost-efficiency that empower businesses to thrive in the digital age.

How CattleEye is improving the lives of farmers and their livestock through pioneering AI

CattleEye is an Agriculture Technology Startup based in Ireland who are the world’s first hardware-independent autonomous livestock monitoring platform.

How STIGMA scaled their hope delivery app with the AWS Impact Accelerator

Discover how the AWS Impact Accelerator Latino Founder cohort helped STIGMA rapidly scale and add features to their hope delivery messaging app.

Revolutionizing Music Production: How Jim Jones Launched Quarantine Studios with AWS

Discover how Quarantine Studios revolutionized music production with AWS through virtual recording, enabling artists to collaborate from anywhere, in real time.

Unlocking Authentic Connections: How S'More is building an inclusive dating app

Discover how S'more break the barriers of traditional dating apps with AWS's recognition technology, in order to embrace authentic connections.

Building application-specific blockchains with AWS on Avalanche

Unlock the potential of application-specific blockchains on Avalanche with AWS. Learn how Ava Labs drives mainstream growth and blockchain innovation.

SaaS Founder Series: Epistemix on how software simulations can create more empathetic decision-making

Join Epistemix's CEO in the SaaS Founder Series and uncover the role of AWS in scaling software simulations for empathetic decision-making. Read more now!

How C2i Genomics builds on AWS to transform cancer care

C2i Genomics is revolutionizing cancer care. Read on to learn how they use AI/ML to detect cancer via blood test.

AWS announces 21 startups selected for the AWS generative AI accelerator

Introducing the 21 upcoming leaders in generative AI driving unprecedented innovation in this space. Welcome to the AWS Generative AI Accelerator cohort!

Autonomous driving startup TIER IV uses AWS to change the future of mobility

TIER IV is transforming the vehicle production process and the future of mobility, all with open-source software.

How machine learning helps Fraud.net to build a modern app on AWS to combat financial fraud

Fraud.net outpaces and outsmarts the technology criminals use to commit fraud. Learn how they use AI/ML to give their banking and fintech customers peace of mind.

What Amazon CTO Werner Vogels’ predictions for 2024 mean for startups

For 2024, Werner’s predictions build on prior predictions, but also introduce new trends impacting opportunities for startups.

What Amazon CTO Werner Vogels’ predictions for 2023 mean for startups

Uncover the game-changing predictions of Amazon CTO Werner Vogels for 2023 and their impact on startups. Dive into the future of innovation now!

Meet the tech alums leading the next generation of startups

From VCs to a vast talent network—learn how tech industry alums use their skills and connections to strike out on their own in the startup space.

Meet your AWS Partner team

Power your fast-growing startup with specialist help from your AWS Partner Network Startup Program team. Meet them today!

Meet your AWS account team

Building on AWS? Meet your dedicated account team ready to support your journey. Discover how they can assist you in reaching your business goals.

Andreessen Horowitz cofounder Ben Horowitz on the cloud, weathering economic turmoil, and building lasting relationships

Ben Horowitz, co-founder of Andressen Horowitz, shares his insights on major shifts in the VC industry, earning customer trust, cash management, the cloud's impact, and more.

Meet three women who make startup journeys smoother

Meet three AWS Solutions Architects guiding entrepreneurs toward growth.

Greylock’s Jerry Chen on the evolving role of the startup CFO

Explore the evolving startup CFO role with Jerry Chen from Greylock Partners. Gain insights and strategies for navigating the changing financial landscape.

Overcoming criticism and imposter syndrome as a startup founder

Explore tips for startup founders on overcoming criticism and imposter syndrome. Gain insights into managing self-confidence and a positive startup culture.

Why culture is critical to startup organizational growth

New research reports 86% of startup leaders say that workplace culture is vital to a startup's success. Read our report overview or download the full report today.

What Amazon CTO Werner Vogels’ Predictions for 2022 Mean for Startups

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels shares his predictions for 2022 and how they will shape the startup ecosystem. Learn about the cloud technology developments and more.

What Does It Mean to Be an AWS Admin at a Startup?

AWS admins balance their day-to-day while helping to establish good security hygiene and optimize costs.

Accelerating Innovation with the AWS Build Accelerator

Discover how AWS Build Accelerator empowered startups through an intensive 10-week program. Learn about their transformative journey, from understanding custome

AWS Launches $30 Million Impact Accelerator for Underrepresented Founders

Announcing the AWS Impact Accelerator! This new program provides cash and AWS credits for early stage startups led by Black, women, Latino, and LGBTQIA+ founders, as well as training, mentoring, and technical guidance.

AWS Announces 25 Startups Selected for Inaugural AWS Impact Accelerator for Black Founders

Join us in celebrating the inaugural cohort of the AWS Impact Accelerator for Black Founders. Read on to learn more about the startups chosen.

AWS Healthcare Accelerator in the UK Announces 12 Startups Selected for the Inaugural Programme

The AWS Healthcare Accelerator unveils its first cohort! See how these 12 startups work to improve health outcomes.

Entrepreneurship shines in the 2022 AWS University Startup Competition

Join the success of student and faculty startups in the 2022 AWS University Startup Competition. Learn how they're shaping the future of entrepreneurship.

Demo Day for AWS Impact Accelerator – Pitching to 40+ investors

Get an inside look at the exciting Demo Day for AWS Impact Accelerator. Watch founders pitch to 40+ investors and explore startup opportunities with AWS.

AWS announces 25 startups selected for the AWS Impact Accelerator for Women Founders

Discover how Pieces Technologies leverages AWS services to predict patient outcomes. Learn how their AI platform improves care and enhances efficiency.

Announcing the startups selected for the AWS Impact Accelerator Latino Founders cohort

Meet the 20 startups chosen for the AWS Impact Accelerator Latino Founders cohort!

AWS announces 21 startups selected for the AWS generative AI accelerator

Introducing the 21 upcoming leaders in generative AI driving unprecedented innovation in this space. Welcome to the AWS Generative AI Accelerator cohort!

A look back at the first year of the AWS Impact Accelerator

Reports show that only 1% of venture-backed founders are Black, 1.8% Latino, and 9% women. AWS aims to help change that.

8 Highlights from AWS Startup Day Miami you want to experience

AWS Startup Day Miami hosted inspiring talks, panels, and customer testimonials. Find out what you might have missed.

Inside the Inaugural AWS Impact Accelerator Program for Black Founders

Get an inside look at what Impact Accelerator participants experience, and learn how to apply for the next Impact Accelerator Program.