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There’s something special about the first keynote of the week. The event feels like it clicks into its next gear — thousands of people settling into seats, the stage lights firing up, and AWS laying down its vision for the year ahead.

Today was Matt Garman’s keynote, and it didn’t take long before it became very clear: 2025 is the year AWS doubles down on AI agents, developer velocity, and the foundations required to make all of that scale.

Day 1 at re:Invent is when the the event finally shifts from anticipation to full throttle. The Community Lounge wakes up early, the first wave of announcements rolls in, hallway conversations get louder and more speculative, and the Expo floor turns into a kind of organised chaos that only AWS could orchestrate. Today felt like the moment everyone collectively remembered why we fly across the world for this: the people, the pace, the surprises, and the unmistakable sense that the week is about to go somewhere big.