Amazon has invested $50 billion in OpenAI, with a first tranche of $15 billion followed by a second of $35 billion, securing a strategic stake at a time when the startup’s valuation reaches $730 billion. SoftBank and Nvidia each invested $30 billion in this funding round totaling $110 billion. Beyond the capital, Amazon commits to providing $100 billion in AWS cloud services over eight years, creating a virtuous circle where it simultaneously finances and hosts its own partner. This alliance illustrates the new battle for control of artificial intelligence infrastructure, where cloud computing has become the standard bearer in the race between Microsoft, Google and Amazon.
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