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January 29, 2026

Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50 billion in OpenAI

If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.

Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50 billion in OpenAI

TL;DR

  • OpenAI is seeking $100 billion in new investment.
  • The investment could value OpenAI at $830 billion.
  • Amazon may invest at least $50 billion in OpenAI.
  • Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is leading negotiations with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
  • OpenAI has also held discussions with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, Nvidia, Microsoft, and SoftBank.
  • The funding deal is expected to close by the end of Q1.
  • Amazon has invested at least $8 billion in Anthropic, an OpenAI competitor.
  • Amazon's AWS is the primary cloud and training provider for Anthropic.
  • Amazon recently opened a data center campus designed to run Anthropic models.

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