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The Projection

The surface is never the system.

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Optionality

mixed/constrained — hired CEO (promoted internally from AWS, not a founder); Jeff Bezos remains Executive Chairman and Amazon's largest individual shareholder, and personally designated Jassy as successor — Jassy's authority is a delegation from Bezos, revocable in principle, not a founder's lock of his own.

high confidence · as of 2026-07-26 · about Andy Jassy

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  • Wikipedia — Andy Jassy Bezos remains Executive Chairman and founder; designated Jassy as official successor in January 2021

    2021-01 high

  • kestrel board.yaml amazon-aws axis optionality: mixed/constrained — governance free (single-class) but operating cash pre-committed to ~$132B/yr capex

    2026-07 high


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