Building on our two successful Acquired Live events, we returned to the stage – this time at AWS re:Invent 2025 in Las Vegas – with podcast co-hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal for another headlining show.

Max Neukirchen, Global Co-Head at J.P. Morgan Payments, was first up and engaged with Ben and David in a conversation covering how AI, blockchain, biometrics and the cloud are transforming the global payments space.

The event also featured conversations with Matt Garman, AWS CEO; Greg Peters, Co-CEO, Netflix; and Aravind Srinivas, Co-Founder and CEO, Perplexity, covering topics including AI, cloud computing, digital transformation, and how to maintain innovation at scale.

"It is a very competitive environment, so you need to invest in order to provide cutting-edge solutions, but at the same time, the payments world is also evolving fast, so you need to make sure you keep the infrastructure fresh,” Max shared around innovation and investing in the future.

With over 60,000 technologists and tech leaders on hand, we also showcased our Payments Developer Portal (PDP) and Payments Partner Network with hands-on technical demos of APIs and integrations. Building on the success of our API demo from Money20/20 2025 with Twilio, we also demonstrated how companies can leverage our combined APIs to create better, faster and more personalized payment journeys.

Watch Max and the full session with Acquired at AWS re:Invent here and listen to the "10 Years of Acquired" podcast episode featuring highlights of the on-stage conversations. Read more about the event on GeekWire.

Read more about our previous Acquired Live show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City featuring JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon here and our San Francisco event at Chase Center featuring Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg here.

Learn more about how J.P. Morgan Payments and AWS are leveraging cloud infrastructure to power the future of payments in this PYMNTS webinar and article.