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Internal messages: Amazon steers teams to use its in-house AI coding assistant Kiro for production, prompting criticism as ~1,500 employees push for Claude Code

- Amazon internally promotes Kiro over third-party AI coding tools including Claude Code.  — Some employees have criticized …

Business Insider Eugene Kim

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  • @kylebrussell Kyle Russell on x
    At least Meta gave up on trying to force the use of its internal coding Llama model
  • @eugenekim222 Eugene Kim on x
    New: Amazon engineers are frustrated they can't use Anthropic's Claude Code in production without approval and are steered to AWS's Kiro instead. Highlights the complexity of Amazon's relationship with Anthropic. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
  • @benjedwards.com Benj Edwards on bluesky
    “We have Claude Code at home”  —  Claude code at home:
  • @jordannovet.cnbc.com Jordan Novet on bluesky
    “The policy prompted criticism across internal Amazon forums.  In one discussion thread, roughly 1,500 Amazon employees endorsed the formal adoption of Claude Code, according to the messages.” www.businessinsider.com/amazon- engin...
  • @ns123abc Nik on x
    This is incredibly bullish for Anthropic but so bearish for Amazon lol [image]
  • @gergelyorosz Gergely Orosz on x
    Give engineers subpar tools, what could possibly go wrong? a) competitors out-ship AWS (eg Vercel, where Claude Code is used by so many and they are on 🔥) b) frustrated engineers interview elsewhere and take offers at places where Claude Code or similar is not banned Lovely
  • @bryanrbeal Bryan Beal on x
    AWS' total lack of a coherent AI strategy is a blessing to their competitors
  • @vikhyatk Vik on x
    this is how you know the claims about layoffs being due to AI are false
  • @chrismunns Chris Munns on x
    I see ppl at AWS talk about Kiro features that Cursor had 6-mo earlier, and workflows ppl using Claude and other tools a year prior, like they just discovered them. Major major disconnect with what is being done in their own customers with AI.
  • @astuyve AJ Stuyvenberg on x
    AWS friends, is this true? You really can't use Claude Code or any tool besides Kiro?