Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly considering an additional multi-billion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, as per a July 10 Financial Times report. This potential investment would augment Amazon's initial $4 billion commitment, underscoring the escalating competition in the AI infrastructure domain against rivals such as Microsoft and Google. Anthropic, renowned for its Claude chatbot, might gain more cloud credits and computational resources in return for advancing AI model development in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This development indicates Amazon's strategic emphasis on generative AI partnerships to fortify AWS's competitive edge in the long term.
As of 12:30 p.m. ET on July 10, 2025, Amazon's stock (NASDAQ: AMZN) was trading at $203.19, marking an increase of $1.37 (0.68%), with the day's trading range between $204.66 and $201.22 on a volume of 18.7 million shares.
