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ENT-00000576 · AI Assistant

Amazon Q Business

Amazon Q Business is AWS’s enterprise generative-AI assistant and retrieval platform for organizational knowledge; as of July 31, 2026 it remains available to existing customers but is no longer open to new customers.

Level V PersistentActiveConnected
Human record

Overview

Amazon Q Business provides enterprise search, retrieval and conversational assistance over organizational data with identity and permissions controls. AWS stopped opening the service to new customers on July 31, 2026 and directs prospective customers seeking similar capabilities toward Amazon Quick, while existing Amazon Q Business customers can continue using the service.

Timeline

  1. 2023Initial public launch

    Amazon Q Business entered the documented public record in 2023. This event is retained at the precision supported by the Entry’s reviewed source history.

  2. 2026-07-31Amazon Q Business closed to new customers

    AWS stopped opening Amazon Q Business to new customers and directed prospective users to Amazon Quick for similar capabilities; existing customers can continue.

Capabilities

Enterprise conversational search and retrievalPermission-aware organizational knowledge accessData-source connectors and indexingRetriever and web-experience APIsAmazon Q Apps and enterprise workflows where configuredAgentic RAG features for existing customers

Known limitations

The service is not open to new customers after July 31, 2026.Existing capabilities depend on AWS account, subscription tier, connectors and identity configuration.AWS recommends Amazon Quick for prospective customers seeking similar capabilities.
Technical and structured detail

Technical description

Structured current-state record for Amazon Q Business. The service maintains application, index, retriever, data-source, identity and web-experience APIs for existing customers. Its lifecycle status is operational for existing deployments but closed to new customer onboarding after July 31, 2026.

Controlled tags

AWSAI AssistantAssistantenterprise
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AWS

AWS is the organization or ecosystem associated with Amazon Q Business.

Creator or DeveloperOutgoing
Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services is identified as a creator, developer or originating actor for Amazon Q Business.

Registry CategoryOutgoing
AI Assistants

User-facing assistant entity connected to the assistant layer of the registry.

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