AWS pricing team turns 18-tab Excel model into an AI chatbot to evaluate customer deals, CFO says

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Amazon Web Services CFO John Felton says AI’s value goes beyond productivity gains to rethinking how work gets done.

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  • Reported by Fortune and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:33:29 UTC.

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