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Kiro Development Environment Is A Big Shift In AWS Developer Strategy

On July 15, 2025, Amazon Web Services introduced Kiro, an AI-powered development platform now available in public preview that supports macOS, Windows, and Linux, and can be accessed without requiring an AWS account.
AWS introduced Kiro to address complexities in AI-assisted 'vibe coding' by offering a spec-driven, cloud- and platform-neutral developer tool that works initially with Anthropic Claude models.
Kiro focuses on enterprise developers, combining AI agents with structured specifications, system design, task management, and supports workflows from ideation to production-ready code.
The preview offers a free tier limited to 50 monthly agentic interactions and paid tiers starting at $19 for higher usage, with paying users' content excluded from model training and free users eligible to opt out.
Kiro enters a competitive AI coding ecosystem alongside offerings from Google and Microsoft and signifies a major shift in AWS developer strategy aiming to enhance code quality and scalability through spec-driven development.

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