See how Amazon is working toward a sustainable future.
Thanks to a collaboration across city agencies, engineers, a “carrier hotel” and others, Amazon’s newest building is heated by recycling excess energy from a neighboring data center.
Amazon's largest wind farm to date is adding more than 1 million megawatt hours of clean energy to the grid each year.
How a film lover's passion project turned into the world's #1 movie website.
Michael Forzano said he has a good “mental map of the structure of the code,” which allows him to help colleagues and provide unique feedback to his team.
Amazon Alexa head scientist shares how his teams are working to improve customers' experiences with Echo devices.
After disappointment selling at art fairs, Sarah Bak is now expanding her workspace to accommodate customer orders.
How Pittsburgh learned to speak another language, and provided Amazon a gateway to the world.
It’s hard to believe that we’ve been reading on our Kindles for a decade, and that we’re able to order many of our favorite items with just our voice. There is plenty of analysis out there on the technology of the future.
We put our scale and inventive culture to work on sustainability and protecting the environment.
Powering a clean future
Amazon's largest wind farm to date is adding more than 1 million megawatt hours of clean energy to the grid each year.
5 things you don’t know about Amazon packaging
Learn how we invent and test new packaging to eliminate waste, ensure products arrive safely, and end “wrap rage” for our customers.
Amazon empowers small and medium-sized businesses to reach millions of customers.
Sibling revelry: Three brothers and a sister hand-craft a furniture business
A family philosophy provides the foundation for success on Amazon.
The rise and shine of Bling Jewelry
How one woman's passion for affordable jewelry grew into a multi-million dollar business on Amazon
Over the last 5-years, Amazon has created more than 125 jobs in the US every day – from fulfillment centers to corporate offices, we’ve invested over $100 billion in the US alone.
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Steel to silicon: Pittsburgh's technology renaissance continues
How Pittsburgh learned to speak another language, and provided Amazon a gateway to the world.
45,000 and counting
Amazon now has more than 45,000 employees in our hometown, Seattle. Discover why our employees joined, why they stay, and why their ID badges aren't all the same color.
If you're an inventor, you'll love being an Amazonian. From day one at Amazon, you'll take ownership of projects that have a direct impact on our customers.
How a door became a desk, and a symbol of Amazon
Today, Amazon offices around the world are filled with door desks, based on Bezos’ early design.
Coloring outside the lines
Meet the artist who transformed a fleet of Amazon trucks into delightful icons across the U.S. and U.K.
Amazon Leadership Principles
We use our Leadership Principles, every day, whether discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer's problem, or interviewing candidates.
We care deeply about the communities our employees call home.
We look for uniquely Amazonian and innovative ways to make positive, lasting impacts and encourage our employees to champion causes they care about.
We look for uniquely Amazonian and innovative ways to make positive, lasting impacts and encourage our employees to champion causes they care about.
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A $2 million running start to stop homelessness
Thanks to generous donors and supporters, Washington, D.C.-based Friendship Place met their $1 million match offer from Amazon.
How a teen’s passion for science and technology is empowering kids to learn
Entrepreneur Niamani Knight is inspired by Code.org and fueled by Amazon
We're a company of builders. It's our job to make bold bets, and we get our energy from inventing on behalf of customers.
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The inside story of how the Kindle was born
Early development team reveals untold details on Kindle e-reader’s 10-year anniversary
Obsessed with independence
Peter Korn and Amazon’s accessibility teams work to level the playing field, and make friction-free shopping available to everyone.
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The stories behind the peculiar building names at Amazon's headquarters
Bigfoot, Houdini, and Nessie have all taken up residence on Amazon’s Seattle urban campus, but how did they end up there?