Amazon rolls out Claude Code and Codex internally
4 hours ago
- #AI Coding Tools
- #Cloud Infrastructure
- #Amazon Partnerships
- Amazon is expanding AI coding tools by rolling out Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex to all corporate employees, moving beyond its in-house Kiro tool.
- Claude Code is available immediately, with Codex set to follow on May 12; both will run on Amazon Bedrock via AWS, simplifying infrastructure management.
- This rollout addresses previous employee complaints about restricted access to Claude Code, which engineers preferred over Kiro, and aims to boost developer productivity.
- Amazon's partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI are deepening, backed by billions in investments, including up to $50 billion in OpenAI and up to an additional $25 billion in Anthropic.
- While Kiro remains widely used by 83% of engineers, the company is standardizing access to external tools, viewing AI coding assistants as essential infrastructure.