<section class="blog-post-content lb-rtxt"><table id="amazon-polly-audio-table"><tbody><tr><td id="amazon-polly-audio-tab"><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/">AWS Heroes program</a> recognizes a vibrant, worldwide group of AWS experts whose enthusiasm for knowledge-sharing has a real impact within the community. Heroes go above and beyond to share knowledge in a variety of ways in developer community. We introduce <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-our-newest-2025-aws-heroes-cohort/">our newest AWS Heroes</a> in the second quarter of 2025.</p><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-97017" src="https://d2908q01vomqb2.cloudfront.net/da4b9237bacccdf19c0760cab7aec4a8359010b0/2025/06/09/2025-2nd-new-aws-heroes-1.jpg" alt="" width="1483" height="482" /></p><p>To find and connect with more AWS Heroes near you, visit the categories in which they specialize <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/?community-heroes-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortPosition&amp;community-heroes-all.sort-order=asc&amp;awsf.filter-hero-category=heroes%23community&amp;awsf.filter-location=*all&amp;awsf.filter-year=*all&amp;awsf.filter-activity=*all" data-mbox-ignore="true" data-lb-popover-trigger="community-heroes" aria-label="Hover here">Community Heroes,</a> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/?community-heroes-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortPosition&amp;community-heroes-all.sort-order=asc&amp;awsf.filter-hero-category=heroes%23container&amp;awsf.filter-location=*all&amp;awsf.filter-year=*all&amp;awsf.filter-activity=*all" data-mbox-ignore="true" data-lb-popover-trigger="container" aria-label="Open for more information">Container Heroes,</a> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/?community-heroes-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortPosition&amp;community-heroes-all.sort-order=asc&amp;awsf.filter-hero-category=heroes%23data&amp;awsf.filter-location=*all&amp;awsf.filter-year=*all&amp;awsf.filter-activity=*all" data-mbox-ignore="true" data-lb-popover-trigger="data" aria-label="Open for more information">Data Heroes,</a> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/?community-heroes-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortPosition&amp;community-heroes-all.sort-order=asc&amp;awsf.filter-hero-category=heroes%23devtools&amp;awsf.filter-location=*all&amp;awsf.filter-year=*all&amp;awsf.filter-activity=*all" data-mbox-ignore="true" data-lb-popover-trigger="devtools" aria-label="Open for more information">DevTools Heroes,</a> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/?community-heroes-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortPosition&amp;community-heroes-all.sort-order=asc&amp;awsf.filter-hero-category=heroes%23ml&amp;awsf.filter-location=*all&amp;awsf.filter-year=*all&amp;awsf.filter-activity=*all" data-mbox-ignore="true" data-lb-popover-trigger="machine" aria-label="Open for more information">Machine Learning Heroes,</a> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/?community-heroes-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortPosition&amp;community-heroes-all.sort-order=asc&amp;awsf.filter-hero-category=heroes%23security&amp;awsf.filter-location=*all&amp;awsf.filter-year=*all&amp;awsf.filter-activity=*all" data-mbox-ignore="true" data-lb-popover-trigger="security" aria-label="Hover to read">Security Heroes,</a> and <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/?community-heroes-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortPosition&amp;community-heroes-all.sort-order=asc&amp;awsf.filter-hero-category=heroes%23ml&amp;awsf.filter-location=*all&amp;awsf.filter-year=*all&amp;awsf.filter-activity=*all" data-mbox-ignore="true" data-lb-popover-trigger="serverless" aria-label="Open for more information">Serverless Heroes</a>.</p><p><strong class="c4">Last week’s launches</strong><br />In addition to the inspiring celebrations, here are some AWS launches that caught my attention.</p><ul><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/06/agentic-capabilities-amazon-q-developer-chat-aws-management-console-chat-applications/?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">Agentic capabilities for Amazon Q Developer Chat in the AWS Management Console and chat applications</a> – In the AWS Management Console, Microsoft Teams, and Slack, Amazon Q Developer can now answer more complex queries by automatically identifying appropriate tools across more than 200 AWS services, breaking queries into executable steps, and showing its reasoning process as it works.</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/06/amazon-q-developer-cli-claude-sonnet-4/">Claude Sonnet 4 model on Amazon Q Developer CLI</a> – Amazon Q Developer CLI now supports Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and allows developers to switch between premium models (Sonnet 4, 3.7, and 3.5) using simple commands like <code>/model</code> or <code>q chat --model</code>.</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/06/amazon-api-gateway-routing-rules-rest-apis/">Amazon API Gateway now supports dynamic request routing for REST APIs</a> – Amazon API Gateway now supports routing rules for REST APIs using custom domain names, allowing traffic distribution based on HTTP headers, URL base paths, or both.</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/06/amazon-athena-managed-query-results-streamline-analysis-workflows/">Amazon Athena announces managed query results to streamline analysis workflows</a> – Managed query results is a new feature that automatically stores, encrypts, and manages the lifecycle of query results for customers at no additional cost.</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/06/aws-network-firewall-monitoring-dashboard/">A new monitoring dashboard in the AWS Network Firewall console</a> – The new dashboard provides enhanced visibility into network traffic patterns, including top flows, TLS Server Name Indication (SNI), HTTP Host headers, long-lived TCP connections, and failed TCP handshakes.</li></ul><p>For a full list of AWS announcements, be sure to keep an eye on <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/new?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">What’s New at AWS</a>.</p><p><strong class="c4">Other AWS news</strong><br />Here are some additional projects, blog posts that you might find interesting:</p><ul><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-up-to-45-price-reduction-for-amazon-ec2-nvidia-gpu-accelerated-instances/?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">Up to 45 percent price reduction for Amazon EC2 NVIDIA GPU-accelerated instances</a> – AWS is reducing the price of NVIDIA GPU-accelerated Amazon EC2 instances (P4d, P4de, P5, and P5en) by up to 45 percent for On-Demand and Savings Plan usage. We are also making the very new P6-B200 instances available through Savings Plans to support large-scale deployments.</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-aws-api-models-and-publicly-available-resources-for-aws-api-definitions/">Introducing public AWS API models</a> – AWS now provides daily updates of Smithy API models on GitHub, enabling developers to build custom SDK clients, understand AWS API behaviors, and create developer tools for better AWS service integration.</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-open-aws-asia-pacific-taipei-region/?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region is now open</a> – The new Region provides customers with data residency requirements to securely store data in Taiwan while providing even lower latency. Customers across industries can benefit from the secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure to drive digital transformation and innovation.</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/06/amazon-ec2-delete-underlying-ebs-snapshots-deregistering-amis/">Amazon EC2 has simplified the AMI cleanup workflow</a> – Amazon EC2 now supports automatically deleting underlying Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots when deregistering Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).</li><li><a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/take-a-look-inside-the-lab-where-aws-makes-custom-chips">The Lab where AWS designs custom chips</a> – Visit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna_Labs">Annapurna Labs</a> in Austin, Texas—a combination of offices, workshops, and even a mini data center—where Amazon Web Services (AWS) engineers are designing the future of computing.</li></ul><p><strong class="c4">Upcoming AWS events</strong><br />Check your calendars and sign up for these upcoming AWS events.</p><ul><li><a href="https://reinforce.awsevents.com/livestreams/?trk=aws-blog">Join re:Inforce from anywhere</a> – If you aren’t able to make it to Philadelphia (June 16–18), tune in remotely. Get free access to the re:Inforce keynote and innovation talks live as they happen.</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/events/summits/?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">AWS Summits</a> – Join free online and in-person events that bring the cloud computing community together to connect, collaborate, and learn about AWS. Register in your nearest city: <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/cn/events/summits/shanghai/?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">Shanghai</a> (June 19 – 20), <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/it/events/summits/milano/?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">Milano</a> (June 18), <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/events/summits/mumbai/?trk=dbc22621-376a-4d15-bcc7-7254b6860b37&amp;sc_channel=el">Mumbai</a> (June 19) and <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/jp/summits/japan/?trk=f950cb6d-36c6-4759-bc31-fccf2b92dcc3&amp;sc_channel=el">Japan</a> (June 25 – 26).</li><li><a href="https://reinvent.awsevents.com/?trk=a25e73b9-33a9-4c92-8d09-057311d9b817&amp;?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">AWS re:Invent</a> – Mark your calendars for AWS re:Invent (December 1 – 5) in Las Vegas. Registration is now open</li><li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/events/community-day/?trk=e61dee65-4ce8-4738-84db-75305c9cd4fe&amp;sc_channel=el&amp;?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">AWS Community Days</a> – Join community-led conferences that feature technical discussions, workshops, and hands-on labs led by expert AWS users and industry leaders from around the world: <a href="https://day.awscommunity.mx/?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">Mexico</a> (June 14), <a href="https://awsusergroupkenya.co.ke/?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">Nairobi, Kenya</a> (June 14) and <a href="https://www.awscommunitydaycolombia.com/home?trk=ba8b32c9-8088-419f-9258-82e9375ad130&amp;sc_channel=el">Colombia</a> (June 28)</li></ul><p>That’s all for this week. Check back next Monday for another Weekly Roundup!</p><p>– <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/zhengyubin714">Betty</a></p></section><aside id="Comments" class="blog-comments"><div data-lb-comp="aws-blog:cosmic-comments" data-env="prod" data-content-id="b25f7ef0-c236-4fe8-ab02-530bd3670b85" data-title="AWS Weekly Roundup: New AWS Heroes, Amazon Q Developer, EC2 GPU price reduction, and more (June 9, 2025)" data-url="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-new-aws-heroes-amazon-q-developer-ec2-gpu-price-reduction-and-more-june-9-2025/"><p data-failed-message="Comments cannot be loaded… Please refresh and try again.">Loading comments…</p></div></aside>