Internal documents reveal Amazon is developing a new AI project for Alexa, codenamed "Moonraker," designed to handle more complex, multi-step tasks from a single user prompt. This initiative aims to advance Alexa into the competitive field of "agentic AI," where assistants can perform a series of related actions, such as booking a ride and then texting a friend about it.
The project underscores the high cost of competing in the AI sector. Planning documents reportedly describe Moonraker as the "highest cost" new initiative for the Alexa+ overhaul, projecting over $100 million in GPU costs for 2026 alone. The documents indicate Amazon plans to use hundreds of Nvidia GPUs and has tested Anthropic's Sonnet model for advanced reasoning capabilities.