Amazon in Talks to Invest $50B in OpenAI Amid $830B Valuation Push

Amazon is negotiating a $50 billion investment in OpenAI, which seeks $100 billion in new funding to lift its valuation from $500 billion to $830 billion by end-Q1 2026. CEO Andy Jassy is leading talks with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, per The Wall Street Journal. OpenAI is also courting Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and engaging Nvidia, Microsoft, and SoftBank. Amazon’s potential stake presents strategic tension: AWS is Anthropic’s primary cloud provider, and Amazon has invested $8 billion in the rival AI firm, including building an $11 billion Indiana data center dedicated to Anthropic models.