Amazon’s latest round of layoffs across seven California cities, impacting over 1,400 employees, underscores the company’s accelerating shift toward artificial intelligence-driven operations. As Amazon redefines efficiency with AI, it faces the complex challenge of balancing innovation with workforce stability.

Agentic AI is moving beyond demos into real-world deployments. This 2025 playbook shows how to build small, safe, and auditable AI agents, track meaningful KPIs, and achieve operational ROI in weeks—not quarters.