{"id":769354,"date":"2025-10-28T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=announcements&#038;p=769354"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:25:03","slug":"esri-signs-strategic-collaboration-agreement-with-aws-to-advance-generative-ai-in-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-signs-strategic-collaboration-agreement-with-aws-to-advance-generative-ai-in-arcgis","title":{"rendered":"Esri Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Advance Generative AI in ArcGIS"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4102,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769354","announcements","type-announcements","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esri-insider"],"acf":{"short_description":"Accelerated Development of ArcGIS Geospatial AI Platform Will Enhance Operations Across Industries","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Accelerated Development of ArcGIS Geospatial AI Platform Will Enhance Operations Across Industries<\/em><\/p>\r\n<strong>REDLANDS, Calif.\u2014October 28, 2025\u2014<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/about\/about-esri\/overview\">Esri<\/a>, the global leader in geographic information system (GIS) and geospatial AI technology, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to advance the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) into geospatial solutions and workflows. Bringing Esri\u2019s geospatial AI platform, ArcGIS, together with the scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS enables organizations to deploy enterprise-scale geospatial AI solutions with greater efficiency and reliability, while leveraging the advanced cloud capabilities on AWS alongside ArcGIS software\u2019s sophisticated mapping and spatial analysis tools.\r\n\r\n\u201cAWS\u2019s cloud capabilities combined with Esri\u2019s geospatial expertise empower customers to solve complex challenges through advanced location intelligence,\u201d said Amy Belcher, AWS director, WWPS global ISV sales and GTM. \u201cThis strategic agreement will accelerate the development of Generative AI-powered solutions that deliver meaningful business outcomes while simplifying how organizations leverage geospatial data at scale.\u201d\r\n\r\nAs organizations\u2019 geospatial data needs evolve, this integration allows them to scale operations dynamically, ensuring optimal performance and cost-effectiveness. This enhanced collaboration delivers significant value across critical customer use cases, such as:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>National government: AI-powered entity detection using ArcGIS satellite imagery and terrain analysis to accelerate identification from hours to minutes while reducing false positives<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Infrastructure: AI and spatial analysis to predict infrastructure maintenance needs, helping utilities prevent failures, optimize costs, and extend asset lifespans through ArcGIS software\u2019s advanced modeling capabilities<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Public safety: ArcGIS spatial modeling that enables emergency managers to assess disaster risks and plan optimal evacuation routes and safe zones, reducing response times and protecting communities<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\u201cOur collaboration with AWS advances geospatial AI integration for our joint users,\u201d said Jay Theodore, Esri chief technology officer for AI and enterprise technologies. \u201cThis agreement will enable customers to integrate AI-enhanced GIS\u2014whether they\u2019re protecting communities, maintaining infrastructure, or responding to emergencies.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe volume of geospatial data is growing with GenAI tools becoming more accessible, and organizations are seeking more intelligent ways to process and analyze spatial information. Through the new agreement, Esri will accelerate development and interoperability with AWS. This expanded collaboration will focus on developing geospatial AI through new foundation models (FMs), scalable training, and inference architectures; advancing the next generation of ArcGIS AI assistants to improve user productivity; and building agentic architectures that simplify and enhance the user experience.\r\n\r\n\u201cDistribution and deployment still remain barriers in the implementation of generative AI,\u201d said Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nu\u00f1o, executive director at earth observation data analytics nonprofit Clay. \u201cThat\u2019s why our current collaboration with AWS and Esri feels like a breakthrough. Esri\u2019s geospatial AI capabilities enable users everywhere to deploy open data models successfully.\u201d\r\n\r\nThis agreement builds on Esri\u2019s long-standing collaboration with AWS, having previously integrated ArcGIS with services such as Amazon Redshift, Amazon EMR, and AWS IoT Core. To learn more about Esri\u2019s geospatial AI and how it can modernize workflows with accelerated analysis and problem-solving, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/geospatial-artificial-intelligence\/\">esri.com\/en-us\/geospatial-artificial-intelligence<\/a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>About Esri<\/strong>\r\n\r\nEsri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, helps customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, USA, Esri software is deployed in hundreds of thousands of organizations globally, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofit institutions, and universities. Esri has regional offices, international distributors, and partners providing local support in over 100 countries on six continents. With its pioneering commitment to geospatial technology and analytics, Esri engineers the most innovative solutions that leverage a geographic approach to solving some of the world\u2019s most complex problems by placing them in the crucial context of location. Visit us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/home\">esri.com<\/a>.\r\n\r\nCopyright \u00a9 2025 Esri. All rights reserved. Esri, the Esri Globe and Frame logos, ArcGIS, The Science of Where, esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, service marks, or registered marks of Esri in the United States, the European Union, or certain other jurisdictions. 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