Andy Jassy. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Work & Economy Dumbest question is the one you never ask, says Amazon CEO AI competition – among companies and in the labor market – also on Jassy’s mind in HBS talk Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer September 21, 2026 4 min read Though it’s best known as an online retail and streaming giant, Amazon has also played a central role in the AI revolution. In August, the company’s valuation hit $3 trillion. Much of that was driven by Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing operation that serves as a primary platform for both large-scale frontier model AI builders like Anthropic and OpenAI and for smaller firms developing simpler, ...