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Alexa+ only officially shipped nationwide in the US at the beginning of 2026
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The rollout hasn't been entirely smooth, with several users reporting issues with the assistant handling basic requests that they had not encountered with previous versions.
Key facts
- They projected GPU costs of more than $100 million in 2026, and the document also suggested either delaying or scaling back Moonraker's ambitions
- Alexa+ only officially launched nationwide in the US at the beginning of 2026, and in countries like the UK it remains in Early Access
- The publication also claims to have seen a separate document from late 2025 that detail Amazon's plans to use "hundreds" of NVIDIA GPUs to power the Moonraker project, as well as an Anthropic Sonnet
- In the documents seen by Business Insider, listed examples include asking the assistant to book a ride and text a friend in a single interaction
Summary
The project is codenamed ‘Moonraker’ and would enable the AI assistant to handle multi-step tasks more effectively. Amazon is reportedly working on an updated version of Alexa that would expand on the capabilities of its existing Alexa+ assistant. The main focus of Moonraker seems to be building out Alexa's agentic abilities. The other key takeaway from Amazon's plans is the cost of such an endeavor. The publication also claims to have seen a separate document from late 2025 that detail Amazon's plans to use "hundreds" of NVIDIA GPUs to power the Moonraker project, as well as an Anthropic Sonnet model for testing advanced reasoning and visual responses.