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# AWS will shut down Mechanical Turk on September 30 after 21 years
- URL: https://www.enterprisey.com/aws-will-shut-down-mechanical-turk-on-september-30-after-21-years/
- Published: 2026-08-25T21:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T04:17:48.000Z
- Description: Amazon said it will close Mechanical Turk, its crowdsourced task marketplace, on September 30, 2026, giving businesses and researchers that rely on it for data labeling and surveys about five weeks to move.
- Author: Enterprisey Admin
- Tags: News, Launches

Amazon said it will close Mechanical Turk, its crowdsourced task marketplace, on September 30, 2026, giving businesses and researchers that rely on it for data labeling and surveys about five weeks to move. ([TechRepublic](https://techrepublic.com/article/news-amazon-mechanical-turk-shutdown/?ref=enterprisey.com); [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/amazon-mechanical-turk-closing-september-2026?ref=enterprisey.com); [AWS News Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-amazon-bedrock-managed-agents-powered-by-openai-q3-service-availability-updates-kiro-workflows-and-more-october-5-2026/?ref=enterprisey.com))

Amazon had stopped taking new Mechanical Turk customers in July. The closure was posted as a banner on the MTurk site and first reported by CNBC on the evening of August 25\. ([TechRepublic](https://techrepublic.com/article/news-amazon-mechanical-turk-shutdown/?ref=enterprisey.com); [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/amazon-mechanical-turk-closing-september-2026?ref=enterprisey.com); [AWS News Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-amazon-bedrock-managed-agents-powered-by-openai-q3-service-availability-updates-kiro-workflows-and-more-october-5-2026/?ref=enterprisey.com))