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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by oofbey on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:23AM (#50436768)
If their model costs 98% less than Sonnet, and Amazon is saving “millions” then these folks are raking in 2% of millions. Congrats I guess?
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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by vincnetas on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:33AM (#50436812)
2% of millions ... so far. Take in to account growth potential.
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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by Den_VR on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:40AM (#50436850)
small, open source, decision model optimized for fast experimentation, local development, and innovation...

But just think of the street cred!

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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by mcintyre1994 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:10AM (#50437045)
I think you’re missing that Strands Agents are open source models released by AWS, not an external startup that Amazon is paying.
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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by swiftcoder on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:14AM (#50437076)
Yes, this is more of less an advert, using their internal adoption as a case study
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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by sant-sh on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:26AM (#50438322)
that's what it looks like. they are trying to showcase the usecase here
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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by rrr_oh_man on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:21AM (#50437123)
I yearn for the day of going back to make v. buy, not buy v. buy
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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by otterley on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:51AM (#50437319)
You're (understandably) a bit mixed up here. Strands Agents is an agent SDK. Strands Decider is a decision model.
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