# AWS adds OpenAI Astra, Sol, Luna and Claude 5.5 to Bedrock

Digest AI · Enterprise & Industry · published 2026-10-09T15:38:39Z

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## Summary

AWS published a recap of September 2026 updates for Amazon Bedrock, AgentCore, and Strands, focusing on expanded model choice and agent infrastructure. These additions aim to help enterprises balance cost, latency, and performance for specific workloads, from high-volume tasks to complex reasoning.

The update also introduces Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI, available in public preview. This feature allows developers to build production-ready agents while keeping data within AWS and using existing IAM permissions. Additionally, the AgentCore runtime has been optimized for lower cold start latency and pay-as-you-go pricing, while Strands Harness claims to use 28 percent fewer tokens than popular alternatives.

Enterprise connectivity has improved with new native connectors for ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Zendesk in the Managed Knowledge Base. AWS also highlighted Strands Decider 2B, a small open-source model for local decision-making, and noted the availability of Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and xAI’s Grok 4.6 and 4.7 models on the platform.

## Key points

- OpenAI GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock.
- Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI is available in public preview.
- Strands Harness is a new open source tool that uses 28 percent fewer tokens.

## Why it matters

This expansion gives enterprise developers more options to match specific AI models to their workload needs, potentially reducing costs and improving performance for complex agent-based applications within the AWS ecosystem.

## Sources

1. [ICYMI: What landed for AI builders in September 2026](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/icymi-what-landed-for-ai-builders-in-september-2026) (AWS Machine Learning Blog, 2026-10-09, primary source)

Part of the developing story: [Amazon Bedrock Becomes Enterprise AI Operating System](https://digestai.news/thread/amazon-expands-seller-assistant-from-chatbot-to-operating-system-for-merchants) (10 stories)

## Cite

Digest AI, "AWS adds OpenAI Astra, Sol, Luna and Claude 5.5 to Bedrock", 9 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/aws-adds-openai-astra-sol-luna-and-claude-5-5-to-bedrock

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