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Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents, powered by OpenAI — public preview expansion

Bedrock Managed Agents now has public-preview APIs for stateful OpenAI agents inside AWS. September 29 expands the April 28 limited preview; it is a change in availability. Access: Public preview in US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon) and US East (Ohio); model and account eligibility apply; not GA.

Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents, powered by OpenAI — public preview expansion. Public preview in US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon) and US East (Ohio); model and account eligibility apply; not GA. Event 2026-09-29. Source review; no new hands-on test.

At a glance

Change Snapshot

Company
Amazon Web Services
Effective date
September 29, 2026
Launch type
Major Update
Category
AI Agents
Audience
AI Agent Developers, Cloud Architects, Enterprise Platform Teams
Pricing
AWS states there is no additional BMA charge during preview beyond underlying AWS resources. Model inference and compute resources can incur charges; preview pricing may change at GA.
Free plan
Not publicly confirmed
API
Yes
Open weights/source
Not publicly confirmed

Verification & Sources

Evidence state
Source-verified
Source links
4
Freshness
Checked October 2, 2026
Last verified
October 2, 2026
Last updated
October 2, 2026
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Kingy AI Take

Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents gives developers a public-preview path for stateful OpenAI agents on supported AWS accounts and models. Scope an evaluation to the three documented US regions and preview limitations before planning production use.

Who it is for

Existing users and administrators evaluating Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents, powered by OpenAI — public preview expansion.

What feels promising

Bedrock Managed Agents now has public-preview APIs for stateful OpenAI agents inside AWS. September 29 expands the April 28 limited preview; it is a change in availability.

What feels unproven

Public preview in US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon) and US East (Ohio); model and account eligibility apply; not GA. Source review completed October 2, 2026. No new hands-on test, paid API request, independent benchmark, account-specific access check or biological experiment was performed. Vendor results remain attributed; existing dated tests and disclosures were not edited. Commercial disclosure: On October 2, 2026, Curtis confirmed that Kingy had no client or sponsorship relationship, affiliate compensation or supplied access from Amazon Web Services.

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