Amazon makes Cambridge heart of Alexa and drone innovation with new offices
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#37NMC)
Development Centre is filled with 400 employees dedicated to researching Amazon's AI assistant and Prime Air deliveries
Amazon has reiterated its commitment to the UK by opening a new so-called Development Centre in the heart of Cambridge - three storeys of premium office space housing 400 employees dedicated to research for products from Amazon's AI-assistant Alexa to the brave new field of Prime Air drone deliveries.
The new development joins Amazon's original Castle Park building in Cambridge to house an interdisciplinary team of engineers, scientists and researchers - dubbed Amazon Research Cambridge - dedicated to "pure innovation", according to Amazon's UK boss, Doug Gurr.
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