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The article details how AWS transformed its internal 18-tab Excel pricing evaluation process into an AI chatbot, illustrating a broader industry shift from using AI for marginal productivity gains to fundamentally rethinking business workflows. This case study highlights the strategic move toward an "AI-first mindset" where technology drives new revenue models and customer experiences rather than just optimizing existing ones.
AWS pricing team turns 18-tab Excel model into an AI chatbot to evaluate customer deals, CFO says
Amazon Web Services CFO John Felton says AI’s value goes beyond productivity gains to rethinking how work gets done.
Good morning. For companies figuring out how to use AI, the conversation is changing from improving existing work to rethinking what the business can do. I spoke with John Felton, SVP and CFO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing and AI platform, about that shift. Felton speaks regularly with AWS customers, including fellow CFOs, and said their AI adoption is still uneven. Many are still early in their broader cloud and IT modernization efforts, a prerequisite for deploying AI at scale. “I think in general, I would say it feels early across the board,” Felton told me. “It’s…
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