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Report: Amazon acquires Israeli startup E8 Storage

It is slated to merge with the Amazon Web Services development center in Tel Aviv.

Amazon Go store. Credit: SounderBruce/Wikimedia Commons.
Amazon Go store. Credit: SounderBruce/Wikimedia Commons.

Amazon has acquired Israeli technology startup E8 Storage, reported Reuters on Wednesday, citing “a source familiar with the deal.”

E8 Storage will merge with the Amazon Web Services development center in Tel Aviv.

E8 Storage, Amazon and Amazon Web Services declined to comment to Reuters.

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