Amazon is reportedly in talks with OpenAI to invest as much as US$ 50 billion. An investment of this magnitude would make Amazon the largest contributor to OpenAI’s current fundraising round.
According to a report from Reuters, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is leading the talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while these discussions are preliminary no official terms have been finalized.
This development is also interesting because Amazon is already a major backer of OpenAI’s rival Anthropic, having invested US$ 8 billion in the startup. Anthropic was most recently valued at US$ 183 billion, and has forecast that its annualized revenue run rate could rise to around US$ 26 billion in 2026.
Meanwhile, OpenAI has increased its spending on data centers and recently signed a US$ 10 billion computing deal with chipmaker Cerebras. The ChatGPT creator may also be preparing the foundation for a possible initial public offering (IPO) that could increase the company’ value to US$ 1 trillion.
OpenAI is also seeking US$ 100 billion in new capital from investors, which is valued at US$ 830 billion as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Other major technology companies are considering investments into OpenAI. The Information reported that Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft are discussing investments totaling US$ 60 billion. Nvidia, whose chips power OpenAI’s models, is considering a US$ 30 billion investment, while Microsoft is in talks to invest less than US$ 10 billion.
These investment plans underscore the intensifying race among major technology firms to secure strategic positions in the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence sector. OpenAI’s escalating capital requirements are driven by massive data center investments, high-cost computing partnerships, and ambitions that include a potential IPO highlights both the scale of opportunity and the financial demands for AI development.