AWS opens the first APAC Builder Studio in Melbourne

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened the first Asia-Pacific AWS Builder Studio in Melbourne to help its customers develop solutions that use generative AI and machine learning.

The 350sqm studio located in Amazon’s new Melbourne office is open to AWS customers and partners.

Customers can connect with AWS’s prototyping and cloud engineering team over a three-to-six-week engagement guided by Amazon’s culture of innovation methodology.

Working backwards from customers’ needs, this approach aims to help organisations identify a business opportunity or challenge and use AWS services, skills and methodologies to experiment with new solutions.

The goal is for customers to create a working prototype to validate and test ideas before spending resources launching solutions into real-world production. 

The AWS Builder Studio features an Innovation Showroom which hosts physical demonstrations built by AWS technologists and partners, representing real-world use cases across industries such as retail, construction and financial services.

“We’re excited to call Melbourne the home of our first Asia Pacific AWS Builder Studio, which is another step in our commitment to help customers in Australia, and across the region, accelerate innovation across all industries,” said Rianne Van Veldhuizen, managing director at AWS in Australia and New Zealand.

“With breakthroughs in generative AI, robotics, IoT, and other emerging technologies, our goal is to apply these technologies directly to customer user cases and make them more tangible, accessible, and engaging for companies of all sizes."

"By combining Amazon’s unique culture of innovation and our world-leading technologies in this new facility, we’re giving customers the confidence to experiment and speed up the product development cycle.”  

Demonstrations at AWS's Builder Studio include the Intelligent Welcome, which uses AWS generative AI technology to greet customers at the door and personalise their studio engagement based on their industry.

Another demonstration is Smart Space, which uses spatial computing and digital twin technologies to provide 3D rendered spaces for architects and designers to experiment with building design.

The AWS Builder Studio features a dedicated workshop area for developers and engineers to work on complex electronic projects such as custom IoT controllers and industrial interfaces, enabling them to construct and assemble their prototypes on-site.

Customers can also visit the server room, which houses AWS infrastructure such as AWS Outpost racks that support applications that have low latency or local processing requirements.

This includes robots running on factory floors in automated manufacturing operations, real-time patient diagnosis and content and media streaming.