Amazon’s Investment in Anthropic
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has significantly increased its stake in the AI startup Anthropic, originally investing $8 billion in 2024 and adding another $5 billion recently. This brings Amazon’s total investment to $13 billion. Recent regulatory filings indicate that Amazon values this investment at approximately $190.4 billion, reflecting a dramatic gain of 14.6 times its initial stake.
As of the end of the first quarter, Amazon’s stake in Anthropic totaled $74.2 billion, including $42.2 billion in convertible notes and $32 billion in nonvoting preferred stock. Anthropic, which recently raised $65 billion in a funding round, is now valued at $965 billion, placing Amazon’s ownership at around 21%.
In the second quarter, Amazon reported a net income of $62.64 billion, bolstered by $53.39 billion in non-operating income attributed to its investment in Anthropic. The strategic partnership is expected to create more than $100 billion in commitments from Anthropic for AI chips and computing capacity over the next decade.
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