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Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI: Report

Amazon is negotiating to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI's $100 billion funding round to support AI infrastructure and expand commercial ties, sources say.

  • On Jan 29, 2026, Amazon is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported.
  • OpenAI is looking to raise up to $100 billion to fund growth and operations amid plans to spend north of $1 trillion on AI infrastructure, Reuters reported Tuesday.
  • Per reports, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are in talks, with Nvidia potentially investing up to $30 billion, Microsoft less than $10 billion, and SoftBank Group in talks to invest up to $30 billion.
  • A source said the term sheet could be signed in the coming weeks as talks remain fluid, and Amazon declined to comment on the negotiations.
  • The proposed investments could hinge on separate commercial deals, as reports vary with some citing $40 billion and others up to $100 billion for Amazon, OpenAI, and Nvidia.
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Amazon is considering billions of investments in OpenAI to catch up in the AI race.

·Berlin, Germany
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The ChatGPT inventor OpenAI needs a lot of money and a lot of computing power for fast growth. Amazon can deliver both to the company.

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The ChatGPT pioneer OpenAI needs money and computing power to continue to grow. According to media information, Amazon now sees the opportunity for a large-scale start.

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According to an insider, Amazon, an online retailer, is flirting with OpenAI. The talks are still at an early stage, said a person familiar with the matter on Thursday. Discussions are about an investment of up to 50 billion dollars (about 41.8 billion euros). ChatGPT developer OpenAI needs additional capital to drive the development of artificial intelligence. To achieve this, the start-up plans to build a number of new data centers. For this, …

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Crypto Briefing broke the news in on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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