Amazon (AMZN.US) AWS is set to launch a new team focused on agent AI, potentially positioning itself for the next billion-dollar business.

Amazon (AMZN.US) has established a new team focused on agent AI, according to an internal email, with the aim of helping users and customers automate more aspects of their lives.

The new team will be led by AWS executive Swami Sivasubramanian, according to an email from AWS CEO Matt Garman. Garman wrote, "Agent AI has the potential to be the next $10 billion business for AWS," adding that Sivasubramanian, who previously served as vice president of AI and data, will report directly to Garman.

Agent AI is designed to automate tasks for users without requiring them to manually prompt the system to perform an action. Amazon showcased some of these features last week when it announced it would soon release an updated version of its voice service, Alexa, to some customers.

Garman wrote in the email, "We have an opportunity to help customers innovate faster and unlock more possibilities, and I firmly believe that AI agents are at the heart of this wave of innovation."

An Amazon spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Also on Tuesday, AWS senior vice president Peter DeSantis announced a series of additional reorganizations in an internal email. AWS has long been Amazon's profit center. The reorganizations include moving the Bedrock and SageMaker AI teams and the hardware engineering department under the compute organization and creating a new team that combines customer experience and commerce.

DeSantis said the changes would help "accelerate innovation."