Amazon Payments uses contextual bandits on SageMaker AI for funnel personalization
Amazon Payments applied a multi-objective contextual bandit on Amazon SageMaker AI to personalize its acquisition funnel. The system achieved a high single-digit conversion lift for one audience. The team also found that content, rather than the model, was the limiting factor in further gains.
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