Amazon Bets $50B on OpenAI to Build Stateful AI on AWS
Amazon invests $50 billion in OpenAI, commits 2GW of Trainium capacity, and becomes the exclusive third-party distributor for OpenAI Frontier - reshaping how enterprises deploy AI agents on AWS.
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AWS Trainium3 - Amazon's 3nm AI Accelerator
Complete specs, benchmarks, and analysis of AWS Trainium3 - Amazon's TSMC 3nm AI chip with 2.52 PFLOPS FP8, 144GB HBM3e, and NeuronLink-v4, powering Anthropic's Claude through Project Rainier.
AWS Trainium2 - Amazon's Cloud Training Chip
AWS Trainium2 is Amazon's second-generation custom AI training chip, powering EC2 Trn2 instances with 96GB HBM2e per chip and tight integration with the AWS Neuron SDK and SageMaker ecosystem.
Amazon Q Developer Review: AWS's AI Coding Bet Pays Off - With Caveats
A thorough review of Amazon Q Developer - AWS's AI coding assistant with deep cloud integration, agent mode, and a generous free tier, tested against the competition.
OpenAI Closes $110 Billion Round at $730 Billion - The Largest Private Deal in History
OpenAI has finalized a $110 billion funding round backed by Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank, valuing the company at $730 billion pre-money. But $35 billion of Amazon's commitment hinges on an IPO or AGI milestone.
Seven Tech Giants Will Sign Trump's 'Ratepayer Protection Pledge' to Build Their Own Power for AI Data Centers
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI will meet at the White House on March 4 to sign a voluntary pledge to build, bring, or buy their own electricity supply for AI data centers - but the agreement has no enforcement mechanism.
Big Tech Will Spend $650 Billion on AI This Year - Bridgewater Says the Boom Just Got Dangerous
Bridgewater Associates warns AI capex has entered a 'dangerous phase' as Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft commit $650 billion to infrastructure in 2026, up 67% from last year.
A Low-Skill Hacker Used Claude and DeepSeek to Breach 600 Firewalls in Five Weeks
Amazon exposes a Russian-speaking hacker who used ARXON (an MCP server feeding data to Claude and DeepSeek) and CHECKER2 to breach 600+ FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in five weeks - no zero-days required.
OpenAI Closes In on $100 Billion Mega-Round at $850 Billion Valuation
OpenAI is finalizing the largest private funding round in history, with Amazon, SoftBank, Nvidia, and Microsoft committing over $100 billion at a valuation exceeding $850 billion.
Nvidia's $100 Billion OpenAI Deal Collapses Into a $30 Billion Equity Bet
Nvidia abandons its $100B infrastructure partnership with OpenAI after five months of stalling, replacing it with a $30B equity stake as OpenAI's record-breaking funding round nears $100B at an $850B valuation.
Amazon's Kiro AI Deleted a Production Environment and Caused a 13-Hour AWS Outage
Amazon's AI coding tool Kiro autonomously deleted and recreated a customer-facing AWS environment, triggering a 13-hour outage. It was at least the second AI-caused disruption in months.
