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Amazon launches research initiative with Stanford University to advance AI and science

The collaboration aims to advance research while broadening participation and translating discovery into real-world solutions.

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September 21, 2026

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Amazon has launched the Stanford and Amazon Research Initiative with Stanford University, a new framework for advancing research at the frontiers of AI, energy, and healthcare. The initiative aims to ensure that results reach the real world, and builds on a deep, established relationship. Currently more than 10 teams across Amazon fund active research and PhD fellowships at Stanford, spanning everything from humanoid robotics and post-quantum cryptography to causal measurement science and AI-driven radiology. By formalizing this collaboration, the two institutions aim to tackle harder problems together, broaden participation from diverse scholars, and shorten the path from breakthrough research to solutions that make people's lives meaningfully better. “Advances in AI, chips, and energy are creating an unprecedented opportunity to reshape how we live and work," said Nafea Bshara, AWS Vice President & Distinguished Engineer. "By collaborating with Stanford, a recognized pioneer in these fields, we are building a collaboration where breakthrough research can be rapidly transformed into solutions that benefit society at large. This reflects Amazon's deep commitment to advancing the frontiers of science and technology alongside world-class academic institutions." The initiative’s focus areas will leverage both institutions’ strengths in artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated reasoning, and health, supported by Amazon’s global leadership in cloud computing and AI services. Research projects will explore challenges across foundational and applied AI, drawing on Stanford’s cross-campus, interdisciplinary approach. The collaboration will support:

Joint research projects between Stanford faculty and Amazon scientists; PhD fellowships focused on key technical challenges in AI and related fields; Symposia and workshops designed to bring together interdisciplinary scholars to advance science.

To celebrate the agreement and new areas of collaboration, Amazon and Stanford hosted an event on Stanford’s campus on September 16 to discuss ongoing Amazon-supported research at Stanford and identify new areas for collaboration. A highlight of the event was a fireside chat discussion between Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, and David Studdert, Vice Provost and Dean of Research, and Professor of Health Policy and Law at Stanford, moderated by Curtis Langlotz, Professor of Radiology, Medicine, and Biomedical Data Science, and Senior Associate Vice President for Research, which explored the importance of these university-industry collaborations to advance scientific breakthroughs in everything from health to security, and discussed the role of AI and its impact on research.

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