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Michael
Giannangeli
Head of Product, Agentic AI, Amazon Nova
Amazon
Michael leads Agentic AI for Amazon's state-of-the-art Nova foundation models. Before that, he helped shape Alexa for 8 years, culminating in the launch of Alexa+. He made Alexa more conversational with wake word free interactions, more personalized with Visual ID, and more engaging with a redesigned user interface. He also led the Echo and Echo Dot product lines, achieving the best-selling product on Amazon.com. Before Amazon, Michael received his MBA from MIT, worked as an economic consultant, interned on Wall Street and Capitol Hill, and played NCAA basketball.
09 October 2025 15:00 - 15:10
Lightning talk #1 | Building Amazon Nova: Behind the scenes of agentic AI and foundation models
This talk will provide a behind the scenes look at Amazon Nova foundation models. From understanding models and creative content generation models to speech-to-speech and specialized agentic models, learn about how we built Amazon Nova from the ground up. Michael will deep dive into the agentic experiences that Nova powers, including Alexa+ and coding agents.

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