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strAIght talk: AI tips for Amazonians

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  • AI that shops and buys for you: Inside Alexa for Shopping

    October 12, 2026 · 12 min

    Alexa for Shopping combines product expertise with personal context to help customers find, compare, and buy what they need. A Senior Manager on the team explains the AI behind the experience and where it's headed next.   Guest: Brandon…

  • Turn your doc feedback into an AI tool others can use

    September 28, 2026 · 14 min

    What if your documents got VP-level feedback before the actual review? On this episode of strAIght talk, hear how one builder turned a decade of leadership feedback into an AI-powered review tool now used by over a thousand colleagues each…

  • She hadn't coded in 25 years. One flight later, she had a live website and a challenge for all of PXT

    September 21, 2026 · 17 min

    Beth Galetti, SVP of People Experience and Technology, hadn't written code in 25 years. Then she built a live website with AI on a transatlantic flight and challenged every person in her organization to build something in two hours or…

  • Sharpen your next big idea with Working Backwards AI

    September 7, 2026 · 12 min

    The Working Backwards AI tool was built to be your toughest thinking partner for product ideation. The tool walks you through five customer questions, generates personas who react to your idea, and brings in domain experts to test your…

  • Try the barbell method: Your team's AI transformation in two moves

    August 31, 2026 · 13 min

    Telling your team to "experiment with AI" without a structure usually leads to scattered pilots that fizzle out. One leader built a model that loads both ends: a dedicated Tiger team reimagining one high-value workflow while the broader…

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  • Build an agent for doc reviews: your standard, reviewed automatically.

    August 24, 2026 · 11 min

    Reviewing a document against a standard used to mean line-by-line cross-referencing — toggling between the policy and the draft, flagging deviations manually. One team built an agent that takes the first pass, handing back an annotated…

  • Scale your impact and efficiency with three AI workflows you can try today

    August 17, 2026 · 14 min

    What if the goal isn't getting through your tasks faster, but using AI to handle them more efficiently so you can focus on higher-impact work? In this episode of strAIght talk, one Amazonian shares how he rethought his daily work and freed…

  • Understand why using one AI tool sharpens your answers

    August 3, 2026 · 15 min

    "Which AI tool should I actually use?" Leo Ohannesian, a product manager on the Amazon Quick team, comes back to strAIght talk with a candid answer: pick one, go deep, and let it learn you. On this episode, he breaks down how Quick's…

  • Snoop Dogg as an AI judge: The 4-part framework behind Courtroom Chaos

    August 3, 2026 · 15 min

    In this episode of strAIght talk, the Amazon Luna team breaks down the four-part "harness" framework they used to turn a simple chatbot into Courtroom Chaos, a live AI-native game with celebrity judges. You'll walk away with a repeatable…

  • Try The MIXX: the tool that does your meeting prep — from OP1 to offsites

    July 27, 2026 · 17 min

    In this episode, an Amazonian shares how he got tired of watching the best offsite conversations happen by accident, so he built an Amazon Quick app that makes them happen on purpose. The MIXX takes pre-work survey responses and delivers a…

  • strAIght talk: 4 AI techniques that work

    July 20, 2026 · 12 min

    We went back through every episode of strAIght talk and pulled together the four most essential AI techniques every Amazonian should know. Each one builds on the last, giving you a complete, repeatable approach to getting better results…

  • The one question, asked daily, changed how this VP works, eats, and leads

    July 13, 2026 · 18 min

    In this episode, a VP who leads HR for Amazon's global operations shares his personal AI journey: from basic prompts to a daily framework that changed how he runs meetings, helped him lose 20 pounds, and even helped someone in his…

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About the show

Your go-to podcast for real conversations about using AI tools at Amazon. Amazonians across different roles share practical techniques you can try the same day. No theory, no jargon—just conversations about what works, what doesn’t, and how to get better together. Note: Some tools, resources, and internal references discussed in this podcast may only be accessible to Amazon employees. Disclaimer: The views, techniques, and tool preferences shared in this podcast represent the personal experiences and opinions of the host and guests. Always follow your organization’s security and compliance guidelines when implementing AI solutions