Amazon Lab126
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Oct 6, 2026
Gautam BasuHOST
And then there's the endorsement that put Goldratt in front of a new generation.
Gautam BasuHOST
In 2013, Jeff Bezos told CNBC that he had spent part of the summer running all-day book clubs with Amazon senior executives at Lab 126.
Gautam BasuHOST
Three books.
Gautam BasuHOST
Peter Drucker's The Effective Executive, Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Solution, and Goldratt's The Gold.
Vineet NairHOST
Okay.
Vineet NairHOST
So there is an R&D unit or research and development unit called Lab 126 that operates as an innovation hub for consumer electronics.
Vineet NairHOST
It belongs to a large multinational company, and its name is actually inspired by a small but distinctive detail in the parent company's logo.
Vineet NairHOST
So two-parter question, which company owns Lab 126? And second, what is the quirk in the logo that gave the lab its name?
Ami GoradiaGUEST
Is it a Korean company?
Vineet NairHOST
It is not a Korean company.
Ami GoradiaGUEST
Yeah
Aditya KashyapHOST
... resemble a logo, but no, nothing is coming to mind.
Len EdgerlyHOST
Uh, I remember Jeff Bezos himself in the interviews I had with him in 2012 and 2016 emphasize that missionary quality of the Kindle team, and that was right from the launch of the first version, uh, in November 2007.
Len EdgerlyHOST
Uh, I, I was reminded of that fervor, which I think Jeff himself passed along to the Lab126 team, whose first assignment in 2004 was to create an e-reader that could download books wirelessly in under 60 seconds.
Len EdgerlyHOST
Uh, I, I was reminded of that because appropriately, today is the Feast of St. Jerome, who translated the Bible into Latin around 1600 years ago.
Len EdgerlyHOST
And I came across a meditation by Jerome today which said, in part, "Nothing is hard for lovers.