All the innovation at AWS is amazing. If they every stop charging by the Gigabyte for bandwidth and move to a flat model then I would be tempted to switch to them for all my sites.
As long as the people hired in are more hands-on and not the Sheldon Cooper types then it's a wonderful idea, especially that the good stuff will be made free for everyone. It's also quite endearing that you are putting so much of your own money into the idea.