‘100 H-1B workers helped build AWS’: Ex-Amazon employee criticises US green-card curbs

Shobhit Mathur, co-founder and vice-chancellor of Rishihood University, has defended the contribution of skilled foreign workers to the US technology industry, recalling his experience of joining Amazon on an H-1B visa when the company was still making losses. In a post on X, Mathur said he was part of the initial team that built Amazon Web Services (AWS), adding that approximately 100 H-1B visa holders were involved in Amazon’s early team. His account comes amid renewed debate over skilled immigration after the US administration announced restrictions on green-card sponsorship processing for several technology companies.Ex-employee shares Amazon’s journey: From makeshift desks to a technology giantMathur recalled that Amazon was operating from a rented building when he joined, with employees working at makeshift desks made from doors inside small cabins.