Run Positron on Amazon SageMaker AI for data science workflows

What happened

Positron, Posit's IDE for data science, now runs on Amazon SageMaker AI. This post shows how a data scientist explores an Amazon Athena table, validates features in R, trains an XGBoost model in Python, deploys a real-time SageMaker AI endpoint, and reports results with Quarto, all in one governed SageMaker Studio Space.

Why it matters

The financing changes available capital and competitive capacity around Amazon; terms and investor participation remain key.

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4 reports · 1 original report · 2 independent

1. AWS Machine Learning BlogPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%
   Run Positron on Amazon SageMaker AI for data science workflows ↗Sep 21, 2026, 12:34 PM
2. AWS Machine Learning BlogPrimary source · Supports · EN · 49%
   xAI’s Grok 4.6 is now available in Amazon Bedrock ↗Sep 21, 2026, 2:30 PM
3. AWS Machine Learning BlogPrimary source · Supports · EN · 55%
   Right-size generative AI endpoints with concurrency sweeps on Amazon SageMaker AI ↗Sep 22, 2026, 11:35 AM
4. TechCrunch AIIndependent · Supports · EN · 51%
   Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com ↗Sep 21, 2026, 1:55 PM

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• Run Positron on Amazon SageMaker AI for data science workflows Observed

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Timeline

1. September 21, 2026 at 12:34 PMFirst reported
2. Sep 21, 2026, 1:56 PMPrimary source · 64/81%
3. Sep 21, 2026, 2:31 PMVerified · 62/86%

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