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Yahoo
29-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Should Investors Buy Amazon Stock Ahead of Q2 Earnings Release?
Amazon AMZN is scheduled to report second-quarter 2025 results on July the second quarter, Amazon expects net sales between $159 billion and $164 billion, or to grow in the range of 7-11% compared with second-quarter 2024. This guidance anticipates an unfavorable impact of approximately 10 basis points from foreign exchange Zacks Consensus Estimate for net sales is pegged at $162.28 billion, indicating growth of 9.67% from the prior-year quarter's reported Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter earnings is pegged at $1.33 per share, which indicates growth of 8.13% from the year-ago quarter. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The company has been benefiting from its dominant position in the e-commerce and cloud markets. It is also riding on strengthening generative AI capabilities. AMZN's Earnings Surprise History Amazon has an impressive earnings surprise history. In the last reported quarter, the company delivered an earnings surprise of 17.78%. The company's earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 20.68%. Inc. Price and EPS Surprise Inc. price-eps-surprise | Inc. Quote Earnings Whispers for AMZN Our proven model predicts an earnings beat for Amazon this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they are reported with our Earnings ESP has an Earnings ESP of +7.37% and sports a Zacks Rank #1 at present. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here. Factors Shaping AMZN's Q2 Results As Amazon prepared to report its second-quarter 2025 earnings, multiple catalysts positioned the company for strong performance across its diversified business segments. The e-commerce giant entered the quarter with robust momentum from its first-quarter results, which delivered $155.7 billion in net sales and demonstrated the company's ability to navigate macroeconomic headwinds while maintaining growth trajectories. AWS and AI Initiatives Amazon Web Services continued to assert its dominance in the cloud computing space, with the company's AI initiatives gaining significant traction during the second quarter. Our model estimate for AWS revenues indicates 16.9% year-over-year growth to $30.72 billion in the to-be-reported quarter. The launch of Amazon Nova models is expected to have gained momentum throughout the quarter under review, with the newly introduced Nova Sonic speech-to-speech foundation model and Nova Act SDK enabling developers to build more sophisticated voice-based AI applications and action-oriented agents. These technological advances positioned AWS to capture increased demand from enterprises, accelerating their AI adoption, supporting expectations for continued strong revenue growth in the cloud rollout of Trainium 2 chips accelerated in the second quarter, offering customers 30-40% better price performance compared with GPU-based instances, which is expected to have strengthened AWS' competitive positioning in the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure market against its strong contenders like Microsoft MSFT, Alphabet GOOGL and Oracle ORCL. Advertising, E-commerce and Physical Retail Growth in Q2 Amazon's advertising business demonstrated robust growth with first-quarter revenues of $13.9 billion, up 19% year over year, indicating strong advertiser demand and effective monetization of the company's vast customer base. The advertising platform's reach extended to more than 275 million users in the United States alone, providing significant scale for brand partners. This momentum is expected to have continued into the second quarter as Amazon expanded its full-funnel advertising capabilities across Prime Video, Twitch, and other entertainment e-commerce segment is expected to have benefited from improved fulfillment network efficiency following the redesigned inbound architecture implemented in the first quarter. This optimization enabled faster delivery speeds and better inventory placement, which traditionally drives higher customer satisfaction and increased purchase frequency. The company's focus on everyday essentials proved particularly valuable, with this category growing more than twice as fast as the overall business and representing one-third of units sold in the United States. Our model estimate for revenues from online stores is pegged at $60.2 billion, indicating an 8.8% year-over-year physical retail operations are expected to show healthy growth, with model estimates projecting physical store sales of $5.38 billion, indicating a 3.4% year-over-year increase. The integration of technologies like Amazon Dash Cart into brick-and-mortar locations strengthens the company's omnichannel seller services remain a significant growth driver with model estimates pegged at $39.1 billion, indicating an 8.3% year-over-year increase. This reflects Amazon's continued success in monetizing its marketplace platform and fulfillment services. Prime Day and Enhanced Customer Experience The company's redesigned inbound network architecture, which improved inventory placement and delivery speeds, enhanced the customer experience during this high-volume period. Amazon achieved record delivery speeds for Prime members in the first quarter, setting a strong foundation for the quarter under introduction of Alexa+, Amazon's next-generation personal assistant, began gaining traction with more than 100,000 users during its initial rollout. This enhanced AI-powered assistant, which can both answer questions and take actions, represented a significant advancement in smart home technology and positioned Amazon to capture additional market share in the growing voice assistant market. International Expansion and Innovation Amazon's international operations showed resilience with 8% growth excluding foreign exchange impacts in the first quarter, and the second quarter included the launch of in Ireland, expanding the company's European footprint. The introduction of luxury shopping through Saks on Amazon and partnerships with brands like Michael Kors and The Ordinary diversified the product offering and attracted new customer Kuiper reached a significant milestone with successful satellite launches, positioning Amazon to begin customer service later in 2025. This initiative represented a substantial long-term growth opportunity in the broadband connectivity market, particularly for underserved rural areas. The company's continued investment in logistics infrastructure, including the $4 billion commitment to expand rural delivery networks, was expected to enhance competitive advantages and customer reach in the second quarter and beyond. AMZN Price Performance & Stock Valuation Shares of Amazon have gained 5.5% in the year-to-date period compared with the broader Zacks Retail-Wholesale sector and the S&P 500 index's increase of 6.9% and 8.2%, respectively. AMZN's Year-to-Date Performance Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Now, let's look at the value Amazon offers investors at current levels. AMZN is trading at a premium with a forward 12-month P/S of 3.34X compared with the Zacks Internet - Commerce industry's 2.17X, reflecting a stretched valuation. AMZN's P/S F12M Ratio Depicts Stretched Valuation Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Investment Thesis Amazon's diversified ecosystem positions it as a compelling buy despite premium valuation, with AWS expected to deliver strong 16.9% growth to $30.72 billion in second-quarter 2025, driven by accelerating AI adoption through Nova models and cost-effective Trainium 2 chips. The company's advertising segment maintains robust 19% growth momentum while e-commerce benefits from optimized fulfillment networks, achieving record delivery speeds. International expansion through and luxury partnerships diversifies revenue streams. While facing intense competition from Microsoft, Alphabet, and Oracle, Amazon's integrated platform spanning cloud, retail, and emerging technologies like Project Kuiper creates sustainable competitive advantages justifying current valuations for long-term investors. Conclusion Amazon's diversified business model, spanning high-growth AWS cloud services, robust advertising momentum, and optimized e-commerce operations, creates multiple revenue catalysts ahead of second-quarter 2025 earnings. The company's strategic investments in AI infrastructure, international expansion, and next-generation technologies like Project Kuiper establish sustainable competitive moats. Despite premium valuations, Amazon's integrated ecosystem and growth trajectory make it an attractive buy for investors. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Inc. 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Business Insider
10-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Amazon (AMZN) Asserts Dominant Position in Cloudy AI-Powered Future
Amazon's (AMZN) AWS has demonstrated strong performance recently, with artificial intelligence emerging as a significant growth catalyst for the cloud leader. As AI continues to reshape various industries, AWS is well-positioned to capture incremental market share and revenue from this rapidly evolving sector. Notably, AMZN stock has staged a remarkable bullish recovery since its recent lows in April, rising from around $175 to $220 per share. Don't Miss TipRanks' Half-Year Sale Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. Additionally, the expansion driven by AI appears to be contributing to margin improvement, enhancing the company's overall profitability. Given these trends, Amazon's valuation remains compelling—even near its historical highs—supporting a continued Bullish outlook for the stock. AWS and Nova Fuel Amazon's AI Growth On Amazon's Q1 earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy couldn't stop raving about AWS's AI momentum, noting that its AI business is growing at triple-digit rates year-over-year. Seeing the progress AWS has made in the recent quarter, I totally get his enthusiasm. While we are still early in the game, it appears that AWS is capturing the lion's share of enterprise demand for AI tools, such as Amazon Nova, which powers areas like automated coding and advanced web analytics. Consider recent deals with heavyweights such as Adobe (ADBE) and Uber (UBER), or the $5 billion partnership with HUMAIN in Saudi Arabia to expand AI infrastructure globally. Why is AWS still such a beast? Much of it comes down to Amazon's custom chips, such as the new Trainium 2, which help reduce the cost of training and running AI models. Jassy called them out recently, and for good reason. That kind of technology gives AWS a significant advantage, including higher speed, lower costs, and significantly more flexibility for customers. And clearly, it's working. AWS pulled in $29.3 billion last quarter (up 17% from last year), and it's sitting on a $189 billion backlog. Microsoft's (MSFT) Azure is definitely pushing hard, but AWS still has the early lead in AI and has now captured about 31% of the cloud market. It's hard to bet against them. Profitability on the Rise: AI's Margin Magic Now, let's talk about why this AI boom is a goldmine for Amazon's bottom line. Beyond contributing to higher revenues, AWS is also significantly boosting margins, according to TipRanks data. In Q1, AWS posted $11.5 billion in operating income with a 39.5% margin, a standout in Amazon's $18.4 billion total operating income, which jumped 20% year-over-year. CFO Brian Olsavsky highlighted smarter software and custom networking gear as key drivers, optimizing server capacity and reducing infrastructure costs, which explains the significant boost in margins. The broader picture is just as exciting. Amazon's high-margin businesses, including AWS and a 19% surge in advertising revenue to $13.92 billion, are reshaping its margin profile and pointing to an increasingly profitable company, despite its still low-margin retail business. All in all, AWS remains the standout revenue driver, according to TipRanks data. There is also strong cross-selling potential here, as many companies running on AWS are likely to want to advertise, so as AWS onboards more clients in the AI era, it is expected to acquire potential advertising partners 'for free', which could prove another long-term margin expansion catalyst. Is AMZN's Valuation Stretched? Investors may be thinking that since AMZN is currently trading near its 52-week highs, the train may have left the station. Not so fast. Yes, at a forward P/E of 35, Amazon's valuation seems steep, but it is actually far from unreasonable when you consider its growth trajectory. Consensus estimates forecast 18% annual EPS growth over the next five years, but I'm convinced Amazon could outpace that, potentially hitting 20-22%. If we look at AMZN's EPS in Q1 2025 ($1.59), it already smashes estimates by 16%, while AWS's AI-driven revenue and margin gains point to more upside. In the chart below, AMZN's revenue is dominated by e-commerce, third-party seller services, and AWS. Therefore, Amazon stock should be able to easily grow into today's forward multiple in the coming years, which, in turn, will sustain the bullish momentum. For context, Microsoft is trading at a heftier 37x this year's expected EPS, despite Wall Street expecting a much softer EPS CAGR of 11% over the next five years. Oracle (ORCL), which also competes heavily with Amazon, trades at an equally rich 34x EPS. While its cloud segment is also performing incredibly well, its legacy database still accounts for a significant portion of the total business, which one could argue should weigh on the valuation at lower levels. What is the Target Price for AMZN Stock? Despite Amazon stock trading very close to its highs, Wall Street maintains a Strong Buy consensus rating. This is based on 45 Buy and one Hold ratings assigned over the past three months. Notably, no analyst has assigned a Sell rating. Today, Amazon stock carries a price target of $246.60 per share, indicating a 12% upside potential over the coming twelve months. AMZN's AWS Angle Ensures Long-Term Investment Case Amazon's AI-driven momentum, led by AWS, shows no signs of slowing. With triple-digit growth in its AI segment, operating margins approaching 40%, and a substantial $189 billion backlog, AWS is reinforcing Amazon's leadership in the cloud space and positioning the company for broader technological influence. While Amazon's forward P/E ratio of 35 may appear elevated, the company's potential to exceed current earnings growth forecasts of 18% could make this valuation appear attractive in hindsight. As AWS continues to scale and drive enhanced profitability, valuation multiples are likely to normalize, further supporting the long-term investment case for AMZN.
Time of India
26-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
AWS launches innovation hub to supercharge cloud and AI innovation in Asia Pacific
Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), an company, today opened its first 8,000-square-foot AWS Innovation Hub in Asia Pacific (APAC), located at the AWS corporate office in downtown Singapore. This new innovation facility offers an immersive experience for CEOs and business leaders in APAC to interact with AWS and Amazon-wide technologies, and over 30 partner solutions across 50 real-world customer use cases for cloud technology. The experience culminates in AWS customers receiving a practical roadmap for accelerating their digital transformation, designed by Vision Builder, a proprietary AWS road-mapping solution powered by Amazon Nova. * Multi-million-dollar facility brings together cutting-edge technologies from AWS, Amazon, and partners around the world * AWS will host over 1,000 C-Suite leaders from across the region and 200 students from local tertiary education institutions at the Hub each year The AWS Innovation Hub aims to fast-track digital and artificial intelligence (AI) transformation and innovation for public and private sector organizations across APAC. The multi-million-dollar facility is an additional investment on top of AWS's commitment to invest US$9 billion into cloud infrastructure in Singapore by 2028. Each year, AWS plans to engage over 1,000 C-Suite leaders and business decision makers at the Hub on cloud and Gen AI technology-led innovation, and will provide 200 students from Singapore's tertiary education institutions an exclusive learning experience at the facility. The virtual and physical demos of existing and new technology solutions are co-built with AWS partners and customers to address top business challenges and can already be adopted by companies in the region. The AWS Innovation Hub builds on AWS's existing innovation offerings around the world such as the AWS Builders Studio in Melbourne where customers connect with AWS technologists to build, experiment, validate, and test prototypes before scaling. AWS also supports customers to accelerate their generative AI innovation through global initiatives, such as the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, where AWS's expert AI scientists and strategists bring deep industry and AI expertise to guide customers across the full AI lifecycle from ideation to enterprise-wide scale. Additionally, AWS brings startups, developers, investors, and industry experts together at the AWS Gen AI Lofts that are pop-up collaborative spaces and immersive experiences aiming to foster innovation. The AWS Gen AI Lofts visited Bengaluru and Seoul in 2024 and will be coming to Bengaluru and Osaka in 2025. "Technological innovation is critical to the growth of Asia, and we need innovation to transform customer experiences while also delivering real business value," said Jaime Valles, Vice President, AWS Asia Pacific & Japan. "The AWS Innovation Hub empowers our customers to convert big ideas into real business outcomes by combining our comprehensive cloud and AI technology, proven expertise from our network of over 140,000 partners worldwide, and Amazon's unique culture of innovation. Here at the Hub, our customers can build practical roadmaps to solve the region's most pressing challenges and opportunities in collaboration with AWS. From smart farming and personalized retail to emergency response and digitalized citizen services - the opportunities are endless, and we are excited to help accelerate the pace of digital innovation for the region." Experiencing cutting-edge technology that accelerates innovation At the Hub, a first-of-its-kind globally, AWS will curate bespoke innovation experiences for C-Suite leaders depending on their business needs and challenges. Guests will walk through three zones - Aspiration, Acceleration, and Action, ending with a clear digital transformation roadmap to be executed in collaboration with AWS and its partners. In the Aspiration Zone, executives can experience how the latest technologies such as generative AI, quantum computing, and virtual reality can transform APAC businesses and communities. In the Acceleration Zone, executives learn from Amazon's unique culture of innovation with examples of how Amazon has created long-term impact with technology solutions underpinned by a customer obsessed mindset and a strong purpose driven culture. The zone showcases AWS technical innovations, such as the cost optimized and efficient AWS Graviton, Inferentia and Trainium chips, and AWS Outposts, a fully managed solution that extend AWS infrastructure to on-premises or edge locations. Executives end their experience in the Action Zone in the Working Backwards Studio. Here, the customer discussion is summarized into a vision board by Vision Builder, a proprietary AWS road-mapping solution. Vision Builder can help customers visualize their Think Big ideas and develop concrete transformation roadmaps with AWS. Vision Builder is powered by Amazon Nova, a new generation of generative AI foundation models that deliver frontier intelligence and industry leading price performance, designed to be easily accessible and customizable, and available on Amazon Bedrock. Limitless possibilities with advanced technologies The innovations featured in the Hub will continue to rotate and evolve in step with the rapid pace of technology evolution. This is particularly to address the most top-of-mind challenges and opportunities that businesses face in APAC. The Hub showcase includes: * An AI-powered farm-to-table system developed by urban agritech innovator Netatech. This groundbreaking solution integrates intelligent phenotyping, autonomous farm operations, and hyperspectral quality grading to deliver "AI-Verified Fresh" produce with precision, speed, and transparency. Built in Singapore, it is designed to be modular, scalable, and fully automated--paving the way for a global, zero-waste, freshness-first supply chain. * A mini bike manufacturing line with AWS's E-bike Smart Factory in action, demonstrating how manufacturers can overcome common operational challenges like inventory shortages, production bottlenecks, and quality control issues. The demo shows digital twin technology, generative AI-powered shop floor assistants, and Internet of Things applications developed by AWS and AWS Partners in action. * ST Engineering's AGIL Trust, an AI-powered suite designed to combat misinformation, is now available on AWS to enable rapid fact-checking, deepfake detection, and large-scale analysis of harmful narratives online. As an AWS Advanced Services Partner since 2019, ST Engineering brings extensive expertise in planning, migrating, deploying and optimising workloads on AWS, while customising applications to meet unique operational needs. * GS DAP® is an award winning blockchain-based platform by Goldman Sachs that reimagines the transfer of information and value in financial services. The platform provides end-to-end financial instrument issuance and lifecycle capabilities, helping to facilitate client-led transactions and optimizing capital markets workflows. * A Project Kuiper model rocket, Amazon's initiative to provide fast, affordable broadband to communities around the world that are currently unserved or underserved by traditional internet and communications options. To achieve this goal, Amazon will deploy thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) linked to a global network of antennas, fiber, and internet connection points on the ground. * Amazon Rufus , a generative AI-powered expert shopping assistant trained on Amazon's extensive product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As, and information from across the web to answer customer questions on a variety of shopping needs and products, provide comparisons, and make recommendations based on conversational context. Other than the United States, Amazon Rufus is currently available in India and Japan in APAC, with plans for roll out extensively around the world. * An Amazon Robotics robot drive called Hercules helps employees by traveling around Amazon fulfillment centers to retrieve shelves of products and delivering them to employees, who then pick the items customers ordered for shipping. Amazon has developed, produced, and deployed more than 750,000 robots across its operations network. The goal of robotics technology within Amazon's operations is simple: pair employees with the right technology to make their workday safer, easier, and more productive, while delivering packages to customers faster than ever. Deloitte, a long-standing AWS Partner, is also showcasing technology solutions at the AWS Innovation Hub. "We are excited for leaders across APAC to experience the AWS Innovation Hub and Deloitte's suite of generative AI solutions tailored to the needs of legal and regulatory agencies, to empower them with greater productivity," said Lee Chew Chiat , Deloitte Singapore Technology & Transformation Leader. "AWS and Deloitte have been working together for over seven years to help organizations turn ideas into solutions that drive real-world impact across various industries - from health care and life sciences to financial services, manufacturing and the public sector. We look forward to continuing to support leaders in achieving their strategic visions based on a clear understanding of what the latest innovations can offer and how they can deliver meaningful impact and create lasting value." The AWS Innovation Hub is inspired by and aims to inspire customers with Amazon's Leadership Principles - Learn and Be Curious, Invent and Simplify, Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility, and most importantly, Think Big.
Business Wire
17-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
NiCE Advances AWS Strategic Collaboration, Accelerating Agentic AI Across CXone Mpower Platform
BUSINESS WIRE)-- NiCE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced the next evolution of its strategic relationship with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), announcing a new collaboration to accelerate a shared vision to innovate the development, deployment and scaling of intelligent AI-powered solutions purpose-built for end-to-end customer service automation. Together, NiCE and AWS bring improved enterprise capabilities combining NiCE's leadership in customer service automation, deep domain expertise, and rich interaction data with the power and scale of AWS Cloud and AI services. Leveraging CXone Mpower and the Amazon Nova family of large language models (LLMs) and services such as Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q, and Amazon SageMaker, this relationship is transforming business operations, driving intelligent automation at scale, accelerating time-to-value, and delivering measurable impact across the front, middle, and back office. NiCE and AWS will integrate AWS generative AI services across the CXone Mpower platform, delivering intelligent automation that spans every corner of the enterprise. This will unlock enterprise-wide value through the following high-impact use cases: Simplifying AI agent creation with content-aware automation: Mpower Agents generate intelligent AI agents instantly, no code or prompts required—tailored to each business's needs. With Amazon Q index, agents act on the most current policies, product info, and case history to ensure accurate, compliant outcomes. Integration with Amazon SageMaker allows training on rich CX data, letting agents be built from and continuously learn from patterns and top-performers. The result is smarter, faster automation at scale that embodies best practices in customer interaction and process execution. Driving end-to-end enterprise automation with intelligent orchestration: CXone Mpower Orchestrator automates workflows across the front, middle, and back office, eliminating silos and optimizing operations. By integrating with Amazon Q Business, Orchestrator connects a wider range of systems, applications, and data allowing seamless, personalized and unified customer journeys. Support for the Amazon Nova family of models delivers real-time decisions at key moments with model selection tuned for speed, accuracy, and business impact. Empowering global teams with AI augmentation: CXone Mpower Copilot delivers real-time, AI-powered guidance and task support for agents, supervisors and leaders to streamline tasks, boost productivity and support better decision-making across the enterprise. AWS enhances this capability with globally distributed infrastructure, allowing fast, scalable deployment with low latency and high availability anywhere in the world. "NiCE brings decades of deep customer service expertise, rich data and a proven AI-based foundation. AWS brings enhanced scale, infrastructure and generative AI innovation," said Barry Cooper, President, CX Division, NiCE. "Together, we're delivering enterprise-wide automation, turning vision into action across the front, middle and back office. Mpower Agents are just one example: AI-powered agents that deploy instantly, adapt in real time and operate with precision at scale." 'This collaboration is a textbook case of complementary strengths coming together: NiCE has the domain depth, the data, and the AI maturity in CX; AWS has the tools, infrastructure, and generative AI firepower,' said Mila D'Antonio, principal analyst, Omdia. 'The result is innovation like Mpower Agents that are enterprise-ready, context-aware, and built to scale, delivering automation with both intelligence and impact.' 'This collaboration between NiCE and AWS is raising the bar for what's possible with AI in the enterprise. By combining deep expertise with powerful technology, it will help us move faster, work smarter, deliver more value across the board, and ultimately provide a better, more personalized experience for our customers,' said Taylor Mobley, Chief Revenue Officer, Bamboo Insurance. 'We're always excited to see the innovative things we can do with CXone Mpower… and we know CXone Mpower will evolve with us, so we can continue to improve the customer experience—even into the future,' said Susan Campbell, Director Customer Experience, Vera Bradley. 'I feel like NiCE wants to make us a better version of ourselves. And there aren't a lot of other companies that really invest in thought leadership, especially around how AI will forever change the face of the contact center.' 'At AWS, we're committed to providing the capabilities to help businesses with AI-powered transformations,' shared Rohan Karmarkar, managing director, partner solution architecture at AWS. 'By combining Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q, and our Nova family of LLMs with NiCE's CXone Mpower, we're enabling enterprises to deploy intelligent automation that's both powerful and purpose-built for real customer challenges. This collaboration with NiCE demonstrates how AWS's generative AI capabilities can help accelerate innovation at scale across customer experience workflows.' About NiCE NiCE (NASDAQ: NICE) is transforming the world with AI that puts people first. Our purpose-built AI-powered platforms automate engagements into proactive, safe, intelligent actions, empowering individuals and organizations to innovate and act, from interaction to resolution. Trusted by organizations throughout 150+ countries worldwide, NiCE's platforms are widely adopted across industries connecting people, systems, and workflows to work smarter at scale, elevating performance across the organization, delivering proven measurable outcomes. Trademark Note: NiCE and the NiCE logo are trademarks of NICE Ltd. All other marks are trademarks of their respective owners. For a full list of NICE's marks, please see: Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, including the statements by Mr. Cooper, are based on the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the management of NICE Ltd. (the 'Company'). In some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as 'believe,' 'expect,' 'seek,' 'may,' 'will,' 'intend,' 'should,' 'project,' 'anticipate,' 'plan,' 'estimate,' or similar words. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from those described herein, including but not limited to the impact of changes in general economic and business conditions; competition; successful execution of the Company's growth strategy; success and growth of the Company's cloud Software-as-a-Service business; rapid changes in technology and market requirements; the implementation of AI capabilities in certain products and services, decline in demand for the Company's products; inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications; difficulties in making additional acquisitions or difficulties or effectively integrating acquired operations; loss of market share; an inability to maintain certain marketing and distribution arrangements; the Company's dependency on third-party cloud computing platform providers, hosting facilities and service partners; cyber security attacks or other security incidents; privacy concerns; changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates, the effects of additional tax liabilities resulting from our global operations, the effect of unexpected events or geo-political conditions, including those arising from political instability or armed conflict that may disrupt our business and the global economy; our ability to recruit and retain qualified personnel; the effect of newly enacted or modified laws, regulation or standards on the Company and our products and various other factors and uncertainties discussed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'). For a more detailed description of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting the company, refer to the Company's reports filed from time to time with the SEC, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise them, except as required by law.
Business Wire
10-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Pattern Integrates AWS-Powered Generative AI Solution with Amazon Nova to Enhance Its Ecommerce Acceleration Platform
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pattern, the global leader in ecommerce acceleration, today shared that it has implemented Amazon Nova on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Using its extensive 44 trillion data points, product performance metrics, and visual content analysis, Pattern is leveraging Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Nova - state-of-the-art foundation models that deliver frontier intelligence and industry leading price performance - to deliver gen AI-powered insights for brand partners globally. With Amazon Nova, we're now executing millions of optimizations each day, helping our brand partners win across marketplaces worldwide with our patented technology. — Dave Wright, Co-Founder and CEO of Pattern Share An early adopter of generative AI, Pattern launched Content Brief, a content optimization technology solution for consumer brands powered by Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Nova. Streamlining the content optimization process enables users to quickly analyze millions of data points across text, imagery, and video, providing brands with specific recommendations for how to modify product titles, descriptions, and visual assets to significantly improve both traffic and conversion rates. These actionable insights are synthesized into concise reports that deliver clear guidance on content and image changes proven to drive marketplace performance. "Ecommerce is benefiting disproportionately from generative AI. And from the beginning, Pattern's technology has leveraged AI to drive growth for our brand partners," said Pattern Co-Founder and CEO Dave Wright. "With Amazon Nova, we're now executing millions of optimizations each day, helping our brand partners win across marketplaces worldwide with our patented technology. This collaboration allows us to process vast amounts of data more efficiently, generate insights faster, and constantly build new capabilities that keep our partners ahead of the game." Pattern's use of Amazon Nova via Amazon Bedrock on AWS marks a significant step in the company's commitment to innovation and increasing efficiency by leveraging AI and machine learning models. The company has seen more than a 76% reduction in costs compared to other similar generative AI models, along with dramatic decreases in processing time. In one example, Pattern's Content Brief improvements led to a 48% lift in traffic compared to 8% category growth. "Generative AI technology is a game-changing accelerator in so many areas of ecommerce. We are heavily investing in the development of AI applications across our product portfolio to enhance the Pattern experience,' said Pattern's Chief Architect and Technical Advisor to the CEO, Jason Wells. "AWS has been a great partner, providing stability for our applications and confidence to our brand partners. When we brought in Amazon Nova, we realized it was not only reliable and accurate but also affordable – key factors when building software we hope to scale to thousands, if not millions, of users." 'Pattern's use of Amazon Nova demonstrates exactly why we developed this technology – to help companies turn massive, complex datasets into real business outcomes,' said Rich Geraffo, Vice President & Managing Director, AWS North America. 'By harnessing the power of its trillions of data points and data platform alongside our generative AI, Pattern is delivering tangible marketplace advantages to brands while drastically reducing their AI processing costs and making their own teams more productive. This exemplifies our commitment to AI innovation that makes customers' lives easier and better – providing the freedom to invent differentiated solutions that would otherwise be unfeasible or cost-prohibitive, all built on a foundation they can trust.' For more information, visit About Pattern Pattern is the category leader for global ecommerce and marketplace acceleration. Since its founding in 2013, Pattern has profitably grown to more than 1,800 team members operating from 18 global locations. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern's ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across hundreds of global marketplaces—including Amazon, eBay, Tmall, JD, and Mercado Libre. For more information about Pattern please visit
