Amazon cuts corporate jobs amid AI integration, restructures AI division, and plans $200B in AI spending.

Amazon is reducing its corporate workforce as it integrates Generative AI across operations, with CEO Andy Jassy citing efficiency gains from AI in areas like inventory, customer service, and product descriptions. David Luan, head of Amazon’s San Francisco AI lab and leader of the Nova Act agent project, is leaving after less than two years to pursue new AI ventures. His departure follows a broader restructuring of Amazon’s AI division, now under Peter DeSantis at AWS, and coincides with a planned $200 billion in AI-related capital spending in 2026.