AI Agents vs. Real Innovation: What Actually Happened at re:Invent 2025
Wed Dec 31 2025
Welcome to Let’s Talk Shop! In this episode, host Elias Khnaser is joined by cloud industry expert Sanjeev Mohan to break down the biggest takeaways from AWS re:Invent.
The landscape of cloud and enterprise tech is shifting rapidly, and keeping up with the "onslaught" of new models and technologies can be deafening for IT professionals. We dive deep into why this year’s re:Invent felt different—from the "AI agent" saturated keynotes to the game-changing announcements that actually matter for your business.
We discuss:
► The MultiCloud Pivot: Why AWS finally "threw in the towel" and embraced multi-cloud with the new AWS Interconnect.
► AI Factories: A look at AWS’s new approach to on-prem AI infrastructure.
► Nova Forge vs. RAG: Sanjeev explains why Nova Forge is a differentiator, allowing companies to build and tune proprietary frontier models for just $100k/year.
► The Future of Interconnectivity: How the industry is moving toward pointing compute at data, regardless of which cloud provider holds it.
2026 Predictions: What’s next for the market as AI continues to "take the oxygen out of the room".
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Welcome to Let’s Talk Shop! In this episode, host Elias Khnaser is joined by cloud industry expert Sanjeev Mohan to break down the biggest takeaways from AWS re:Invent. The landscape of cloud and enterprise tech is shifting rapidly, and keeping up with the "onslaught" of new models and technologies can be deafening for IT professionals. We dive deep into why this year’s re:Invent felt different—from the "AI agent" saturated keynotes to the game-changing announcements that actually matter for your business. We discuss: ► The MultiCloud Pivot: Why AWS finally "threw in the towel" and embraced multi-cloud with the new AWS Interconnect. ► AI Factories: A look at AWS’s new approach to on-prem AI infrastructure. ► Nova Forge vs. RAG: Sanjeev explains why Nova Forge is a differentiator, allowing companies to build and tune proprietary frontier models for just $100k/year. ► The Future of Interconnectivity: How the industry is moving toward pointing compute at data, regardless of which cloud provider holds it. 2026 Predictions: What’s next for the market as AI continues to "take the oxygen out of the room". Sign Up Now for my online course "The Cloud Strategy Master Class": ► On my web site: https://lnkd.in/gcxcrX and use promo code LINKEDIN20 to receive a 20% discount. ► On Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/cloud-strategy-master-class/ PODCASTS: Listen wherever you get your podcasts: ► Let's Talk Shop: http://letstalkshop.buzzsprout.com ► Reality Distortion Fields RDFs Podcast: https://youtu.be/88z1UiVaV00 Follow me: ► TikTok: @ekhnaser ► Instagram: @ekhnaser ► Twitter: @ekhnaser ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaskhnaser/ ► Website: www.eliaskhnaser.com