# Nexla Earns the AWS AI Software Competency in Agentic AI Tools _By Jayashree Rajan | November 3, 2026_ Source: https://nexla.com/blog/aws-ai-software-competency-agentic-ai-tools/ > Nexla is now an AWS AI Software Competency Partner in Agentic AI Tools, and available to buy through AWS Marketplace. **Nexla has achieved the AWS AI Software Competency in the Agentic AI Tools category.** AWS created this category for partners that build platforms, frameworks, and development tools that help organizations build, deploy, and manage agentic AI systems. Nexla is also now available in AWS Marketplace. Here is what the validation covered, why we think the data layer is the part of agentic AI that decides whether agents reach production, and what changes for AWS customers. ## The category, and why AWS created it In November 2025, AWS expanded its AI Competency with three agentic categories: Agentic AI Applications, Agentic AI Tools, and Agentic AI Consulting Services. AWS called it its largest Specialization launch to date, with 60 launch partners. In announcing the categories, AWS cited IDC data that 65% of organizations expect full deployment of agentic AI by 2027. The Agentic AI Tools category is for the infrastructure layer: the platforms teams use to build and operate agents, rather than the agents themselves. ## Agents are only as useful as the data they can reach An agent that can reason but cannot reliably read the CRM, the warehouse, the ticketing system, or the contract repository does not get far. In most enterprises, that data sits across hundreds of SaaS applications, databases, files, and APIs. Each source has its own schema, its own access rules, and its own compliance requirements. That is the problem Nexla is built for. The platform gives agents and AI applications a governed path to enterprise data: - **1,000+ connectors** to enterprise systems, databases, files, and APIs - **Nexsets**, virtual data products that give agents and pipelines consistent, ready-to-use data without hand-built integrations for each source - **MCP Server and task-specific MCP servers** that expose enterprise data and actions to agents through the Model Context Protocol - **Pipeline orchestration** across ETL, ELT, streaming, and reverse ETL - **Governance and lineage** on every flow, with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification, plus HIPAA and GDPR compliance ## What AWS validated AWS states that partners in the agentic categories go through technical validation and must show successful customer implementations. For Nexla, that meant: - A technical review of the platform’s architecture, security controls, and AI governance practices, completed through AWS’s validation checklist - Four enterprise customer case studies demonstrating production deployments AWS approved the application on October 27, 2026. ## A customer example Instacart, the largest online grocery marketplace in North America, has used Nexla since 2017. Each retail partner sends product and pricing data in its own format, and custom integration for each one had become a bottleneck as the partner base grew. With Nexla’s automated data engineering, Instacart supported a 748% increase in retail partners, cut retailer launch time by up to two months, and saw about 5X less data engineering maintenance work. [Read the case study](https://nexla.com/resource/instacart-case-study/). > Nexla makes sharing data between companies, in any format, really easy,” said **Brandon Leonardo, Co-Founder of Instacart**. The same pattern applies to agents: the work that slows them down is usually connecting, normalizing, and governing the data underneath, not the model. > Most agent projects stall at the same point: the agent works in a demo, then hits the reality of hundreds of enterprise systems with different schemas, access rules, and compliance requirements,” said **Saket Saurabh**, **CEO and co-founder of Nexla**. “Our focus has been giving agents governed, reliable access to that data. Achieving the AWS AI Software Competency in Agentic AI Tools means AWS has reviewed our architecture, security, and AI governance, and AWS customers now have a validated way to connect their agents to enterprise data.” ## What this means for AWS customers - **Validated by AWS.** Nexla is listed as an AWS AI Software Competency Partner in the AWS Partner Solutions Finder. - **Buy through AWS Marketplace.** Nexla’s AWS Marketplace storefront is live. For eligible customers, purchases through [AWS Marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-kfuijr7oexmze?sr=0-2&ref_=ucaf&applicationId=AWSMPContessa) may count toward existing AWS spending commitments. - **One data layer for agents on AWS.** Teams building agents on AWS can connect them to enterprise data through Nexla’s connectors and MCP servers, with governance applied to every flow. ## Get started - [Request a demo](https://nexla.com/demo/) - [Find Nexla in AWS Marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-kfuijr7oexmze?sr=0-2&ref_=ucaf&applicationId=AWSMPContessa) ## FAQ ### What is the AWS AI Software Competency in Agentic AI Tools? The AWS AI Software Competency recognizes partners validated by AWS. In November 2025, AWS added three agentic categories: Agentic AI Applications, Agentic AI Tools, and Agentic AI Consulting Services. The Agentic AI Tools category is for the infrastructure layer: platforms, frameworks, and development tools that help organizations build, deploy, and manage agentic AI systems. Partners go through technical validation and must show successful customer implementations. ### What did AWS validate for Nexla? AWS completed a technical review of Nexla’s architecture, security controls, and AI governance practices through its validation checklist. Nexla also submitted four enterprise customer case studies demonstrating production deployments. AWS approved the application on October 27, 2026, and Nexla is now listed as an AWS AI Software Competency Partner in the AWS Partner Solutions Finder. ### Can I buy Nexla through AWS Marketplace? Yes. Nexla’s AWS Marketplace storefront is live. For eligible customers, purchases through [AWS Marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-kfuijr7oexmze?sr=0-2&ref_=ucaf&applicationId=AWSMPContessa) may count toward existing AWS spending commitments. Teams can also find Nexla as a validated AWS AI Software Competency Partner in the AWS Partner Solutions Finder.