Common themes among the companies Amazon has brought into its inner circle:
startups that adopted the retailer's technology early on; that help put it in direct orbit of
Apple, Google, and Netflix; or that vault it into a new geography or category, as it's doing with its more recent Alexa Fund, which is funneling $ 100 million into artificial
intelligence startups.
Padmasree Warrior, CEO, NextEV USA; Former CTSO, Cisco Laura Weidman Powers, Co - Founder / CEO, Code2040 Kevin Weil, Head of Product, Instagram Phil Weiser, Hatfield Professor of Law, University of Colorado and Executive Director of the Silicon Flatirons Center Daniel J. Weitzner, Principal Research Scientist, Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Emily White, Entrepreneur; Former COO, Snapchat Ev Williams, Founder / CEO, Medium; Co-Founder Twitter, Blogger Monique Woodward, Venture Partner, 500
Startups Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder,
Apple Tim Wu, Professor of Law, Columbia University Andrew Yang, Founder / CEO, Venture for America Arielle Zuckerberg, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers