Top announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2026

This article summarizes the top announcements from the AWS Summit in New York 2026, featuring keynote updates on AI agents and enterprise capabilities.

• Amazon Bedrock AgentCore introduces managed knowledge bases, web search, and agentic retrieval for enterprise RAG pipelines
• AWS WAF adds AI traffic monetization to help content owners charge AI bots for content access
• AWS Continuum provides machine-speed security with code vulnerability detection and threat prioritization
• AWS Security Agent adds threat modeling, pull request scanning, and IDE integrations for developer security workflows
• Kiro launches native iOS app for remote session management and code review approval
• AWS DevOps Agent adds release management and autonomous testing capabilities
• AWS Transform enables continuous code modernization with autonomous remediation
• Amazon S3 annotations allow attaching queryable context directly to objects for AI agents

These announcements focus on enabling faster AI agent development, improving security automation, and providing developers with autonomous tools for code management and modernization.