Alexa+’s ‘deep knowledge foundation’ supported by partnerships

Daniel Rausch, vice president for Alexa and Echo, took the stage at Amazon’s annual Devices & Services event to share additional new features and explain the sophisticated technology powering Alexa+. Daniel walked the audience through how Alexa+ harnesses Amazon Bedrock to access state-of-the-art LLMs, including both Amazon’s own Nova models and those from our partner, Anthropic. He explained that Alexa+ uses a model-agnostic system, allowing it to select the best model for any given task. The system’s deep knowledge foundation is supported by partnerships with major news organizations including Associated Press, Reuters, TIME, USA TODAY, Politico and many others. This enables Alexa+ to provide quick, accurate responses across countless topics, from financial markets to sports statistics. At the heart of this architecture are what Daniel calls “experts”-specialized systems that work together to handle specific tasks. These experts allow Alexa+ to deliver more natural, capable, and comprehensive assistance than ever before.