AWS Launches Strands Labs to Give Developers a Sandbox for Autonomous AI

AWS Launches Strands Labs to Give Developers a Sandbox for Autonomous AI

Amazon Web Services signage at the company’s 2025 developer conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Credit: Ken Yeung

Last summer, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced Strands Agents, an open-source SDK that lets developers build and run AI agents with just a few lines of code. The project has since gained momentum, exceeding 14 million downloads. And now, the company is introducing its next step: Strands Labs, a new GitHub organization aimed at helping developers explore and experiment with cutting-edge agentic AI techniques.

At launch, Strands Labs is available for three specific projects: robots, robots sim, and AI functions.

“Strands Labs is more about exploring the frontier of agentic experiences than building production applications. It’s about looking at what’s next for agents, in collaboration with our developer community,” Clare Liguori, AWS’s senior principal engineer, tells The AI Economy in an email. “I’m personally excited to see what developers build on top of…

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