https://it-news.uk/tags/alexa/ Recent content in Alexa on IT News Hugo en-us Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/amazon-alexa-agent-moonraker-100-million-cost/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/amazon-alexa-agent-moonraker-100-million-cost/ <p>Amazon is building a version of Alexa that can handle tasks most voice assistants can&rsquo;t — booking a ride and texting a friend in the same breath, for example. The project, internally called Moonraker, pushes Alexa+ toward what the industry now calls AI agents: systems that chain together multiple actions rather than answering one query at a time.</p> <p>But it is expensive. Really expensive.</p> <p>Internal documents seen by Business Insider describe Moonraker as one of the costliest projects Amazon has ever undertaken for Alexa. A January report put GPU computing costs alone at over $100 million for 2026 — roughly 6.8 billion yuan at current exchange rates. The same document suggested that delaying or shrinking the project was a realistic way to contain costs.</p>