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Amazon's AI Strategy: New Leader and $10B OpenAI Investment
12/27/2025
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Story summary
- Amazon appointed Peter DeSantis, Amazon's new AI group leader, to head a group focused on AI models, silicon, and quantum computing.
- Amazon is in discussions to invest up to $10 billion in OpenAI to bolster its AI infrastructure.
- Amazon's stock trades near $233 per share as investors weigh capital expenditures and AWS growth.
- Amazon is addressing regulatory scrutiny after a $2.5 billion FTC settlement related to its Prime service.
