AWS launches AWS Transform custom to accelerate organization-wide application modernization

AWS Transform custom is now generally available, accelerating organization-specific code and application modernization at scale using agentic AI. AWS Transform is the first agentic AI service to accelerate the transformation of Windows, mainframe, VMware, and more—reducing technical debt and making your tech stack AI-ready. Technical debt accumulates when organizations maintain legacy systems and outdated code, requiring them to allocate 20-30% of their software development resources to repeatable, cross-codebase transformation tasks that must be performed manually. AWS Transform can automate repeatable transformations of version upgrades, runtime migrations, framework transitions, and language translations at scale, reducing execution time by over 80% in many cases while eliminating the need for specialized automation expertise.

The custom transformation agent in AWS Transform provides both pre-built and custom solutions. It includes out-of-the-box transformations for common scenarios, such as Python and Node.js runtime upgrades, Lambda function modernization, AWS SDK updates across multiple languages, and Java 8 to 17 upgrades (supporting any build system including Gradle and Maven). For organization-specific needs, teams can define custom transformations using natural language, reference documents, and code samples. Users can trigger autonomous transformations with a simple one-line CLI command, which can be scripted or embedded into any existing pipeline or workflow. Within your organization, the agent continually learns from developer feedback and execution results, improving transformation accuracy and tightly aligning the agent’s performance with your organization’s preferences. This approach enables organizations to systematically address technical debt at scale, with the agent continually improving while developers can focus on innovation and high-impact tasks.

AWS Transform custom is now available in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region.

To learn more, visit the user guide, overview page, and pricing page.