AI Change Record
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.

At a glance
Change Snapshot
- Company
- Amazon Web Services
- Effective date
- September 29, 2026
- Launch type
- Major Update
- Category
- AI Agents
- 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
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- 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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