I think you’re missing that Strands Agents are open source models released by AWS, not an external startup that Amazon is paying.
You're (understandably) a bit mixed up here. Strands Agents is an agent SDK. Strands Decider is a decision model.
Yes, this is more of less an advert, using their internal adoption as a case study
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I yearn for the day of going back to make v. buy, not buy v. buy