Final week, what excited me most was the launch of the 2026 AWS AI & ML Students program by Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AWS Agentic AI, to offer free AI schooling to as much as 100,000 learners worldwide. This system has two phases: a Problem section the place you’ll study foundational generative AI expertise, adopted by a totally funded three-month Udacity Nanodegree for the highest 4,500 performers. Anybody 18 or older can apply, with no prior AI or ML expertise required. Functions shut on June 24, 2026. Go to the AWS AI & ML Students webpage to study extra and apply.
I’m additionally excited in regards to the begin of AWS Summit season, kicking off with AWS Summit Paris on April 1, adopted by London on April 22. AWS Summits are free in-person occasions the place builders and innovators can find out about Cloud and AI, assume large, and make new connections. Discover the AWS Summits close to you and be a part of us in particular person.
Now, let’s dive into this week’s AWS information…
Final week’s launches
Listed below are final week’s launches that caught my consideration:
- Asserting Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL serverless database creation in seconds — Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now presents specific configuration, a streamlined setup with preconfigured defaults that helps creating and connecting to a database in seconds. With simply two clicks, you’ll be able to launch an Aurora PostgreSQL serverless database. You possibly can modify sure settings throughout or after creation.
- Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now accessible with the AWS Free Tier — Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL is now accessible on the AWS Free Tier. For those who’re new to AWS, you obtain $100 in AWS credit upon sign-up and may earn a further $100 in credit by utilizing companies like Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
- Asserting Agent Plugin for AWS Serverless — With the brand new Agent Plugin for AWS Serverless, you’ll be able to simply construct, deploy, troubleshoot, and handle serverless functions utilizing AI coding assistants like Kiro, Claude Code, and Cursor. This plugin extends AI assistants with structured capabilities by packaging expertise, sub-agents, and Mannequin Context Protocol (MCP) servers into one modular unit. It robotically hundreds the steerage and experience you want all through growth to construct production-ready serverless functions on AWS.
- Amazon SageMaker Studio now helps Kiro and Cursor IDEs as distant IDEs — Now you can remotely join from Kiro and Cursor IDEs to Amazon SageMaker Studio. This allows you to use your current Kiro and Cursor setup, together with spec-driven growth, conversational coding, and automatic function technology, whereas accessing the scalable compute assets of Amazon SageMaker Studio.
- Introducing visible customization functionality in AWS Administration Console — Now you can customise your AWS Administration Console with visible settings like account colour and management which areas and companies you see. Hiding unused areas and companies helps you focus higher and work sooner by lowering cognitive load and pointless scrolling.
- Asserting Aurora DSQL connector to simplify constructing Ruby functions — Now you can use the Aurora DSQL Connector for Ruby (pg gem) to simply construct Ruby functions on Aurora DSQL. The Ruby Connector simplifies authentication and improves safety by robotically producing tokens for every connection, eliminating the dangers of conventional passwords whereas sustaining full compatibility with current pg gem options.
- AWS Lambda will increase the file descriptor restrict for features working on Lambda Managed Cases — AWS Lambda will increase the file descriptor restrict from 1,024 to 4,096, a 4x improve, for features working on Lambda Managed Cases (LMI). Now you can run I/O intensive workloads equivalent to high-concurrency internet companies and file-heavy knowledge processing pipelines with out working into file descriptor limits.
- AWS Lambda now helps as much as 32 GB of reminiscence and 16 vCPUs for Lambda Managed Cases — AWS Lambda features on Lambda Managed Cases now help as much as 32 GB of reminiscence and 16 vCPUs. You possibly can run compute-intensive workloads like knowledge processing, media transcoding, and scientific simulations with out managing infrastructure. Plus, you’ll be able to modify the memory-to-vCPU ratio (2:1, 4:1, or 8:1) to suit your workload.
- Asserting Bidirectional Streaming API for Amazon Polly — Conventional text-to-speech APIs use a request-response sample. The brand new Bidirectional Streaming API for Amazon Polly is designed for conversational AI functions that generate textual content or audio incrementally, like giant language mannequin (LLM) responses. This allows you to begin synthesizing audio earlier than the total textual content is out there.
For a full checklist of AWS bulletins, make sure you control our Information Weblog channel and the What’s New with AWS web page.
Upcoming AWS occasions
Verify your calendar and join upcoming AWS occasions:
- AWS Summits — As I discussed earlier, be a part of AWS Summits in 2026 free of charge in-person occasions the place you’ll be able to discover rising cloud and AI applied sciences, study finest practices, and community with trade friends and specialists. Upcoming Summits embody Paris (April 1), London (April 22), Bengaluru (April 23–24), Singapore (Might 6), Tel Aviv (Might 6), and Stockholm (Might 7).
- AWS Group Days — Group-led conferences the place content material is deliberate, sourced, and delivered by group leaders, that includes technical discussions, workshops, and hands-on labs. Upcoming occasions embody San Francisco (April 10) and Romania (April 23–24).
Be part of the AWS Builder Heart to attach with builders, share options, and entry content material that helps your growth. Browse the AWS Occasions and Webinars for upcoming AWS-led in-person and digital occasions and developer-focused occasions.
That’s all for this week. Verify again subsequent Monday for an additional Weekly Roundup!
— Prasad
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