AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Transform at 1 year, Claude Platform on AWS, EC2 M3 Ultra Mac instances, and more (May 18, 2026)

This article summarizes AWS announcements for the week of May 18, 2026, highlighting AWS Transform's one-year milestone and several major product launches.

• AWS Transform celebrates 1-year anniversary with thousands of customers migrating hundreds of thousands of servers
• Claude Platform now available on AWS with direct access to Anthropic's native experience
• Amazon EC2 M3 Ultra Mac instances launched with 28-core CPU and 256GB unified memory
• Amazon Redshift RG instances powered by AWS Graviton deliver 2.4x faster performance at 30% lower cost
• Amazon Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization enables simultaneous model comparison and optimization
• AWS Security Agent adds full repository code scanning with automated remediation capabilities
• AWS Interconnect multicloud connectivity now supports Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in preview
• AWS invested $110 million in Build on Trainium program for university AI research

The roundup emphasizes AWS's continued innovation in application modernization, AI/ML services, compute infrastructure, and multicloud connectivity solutions.