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Amazon's AI jackpot: Its $8 billion Anthropic holdings are now worth $74 billion
Amazon's $8 billion Anthropic investment is worth $74 billion, reflecting massive valuation gains for the AI startup.
TL;DR
- Amazon's initial $8 billion investment in Anthropic is now valued at approximately $74.2 billion.
- Anthropic's valuation has surged, reaching $965 billion and surpassing OpenAI as the world's most valuable AI startup.
- Amazon recorded $12.3 billion in 'Other income' in Q1 2026 due to an upward adjustment in its Anthropic holdings.
- Amazon Web Services offers Anthropic models through its Bedrock service, providing the startup with access to corporate customers.
- Anthropic is a major AWS customer, utilizing Amazon's Trainium AI chip, allowing Amazon to profit from both investment gains and cloud infrastructure spending.
- Amazon invested an additional $5 billion in Anthropic in April and deployed $5 billion of a future $20 billion commitment in Anthropic's latest funding round.