Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, recently unveiled AWS Build – a global initiative designed to offer comprehensive support to aspiring entrepreneurs as they embark on their cloud journey to build, refine, and launch their innovative applications.
Over the course of 10 weeks, a cohort of up to 500 startup founders globally will receive business and technical guidance to leverage AWS’s tech stack to launch their Minimum Viable Products (MVP).
How does AWS Build benefit startups?
The programme aims to empower startups to grasp the essential technical underpinnings, incorporating advanced cloud technologies into their applications, ranging from analytics and serverless computing to artificial intelligence and machine learning.
AWS says the programme’s multifaceted approach will also help founders make strategic decisions related to product development, monetisation of their idea, where to find and when to use beta customers, and other relevant themes to launch their products.
AWS Build’s curriculum will be offered online with live virtual engagements each week, including technical office hours with AWS solutions architecture experts, business-led ‘Ask Me Anything’ sessions with venture investors and industry leaders, and peer-to-peer networking events.
The programme will run from October 9 to December 15 and will be delivered in English.
In order to benefit the most from AWS Build, participating startups are expected to present a functional prototype along with a technical leader within their team.
Selected founders will receive up to $2,000 in AWS credits to facilitate the development of their cloud-based products and services.
Startups from across the globe are invited to apply, and those who previously sought admission to AWS accelerator programmes but were in the early-stages of development will receive automatic invitations to AWS Build.
Upon the programme’s conclusion, founders will be invited to join the AWS Build community, a global virtual network of peers and technical experts.
How to apply for AWS Build?
All applicants will be required to join AWS Activate, AWS’s startup hub, where they can access self-service business and technical content covering a myriad of purposeful themes, from fundraising and legal guidance to technical documentation on solutions architecture and hot topics, such as generative AI.
In addition, applicants may be eligible to apply to other credit packages up to $100,000 as they continue their cloud journey and benefit from partner offerings through AWS Activate.
Program applications start today and the submission window will remain open until September 22, 2023.
Interested startups can enroll in the AWS Build initiative here.
