Amazon Just Landed a $38 Billion OpenAI Deal
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When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps no one commands more attention than Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI. On Nov. 3, OpenAI announced a headline-grabbing $38 billion partnership with e-commerce and cloud titan Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).
On Monday, Amazon’s announcement of a $38 billion agreement for Amazon Web Services to provide infrastructure for OpenAI’s artificial intelligence workloads sent Amazon stock up about 5% to a new all-time high.
Amazon gains a marquee client for AWS, its profit engine, validating billions invested in AI-ready infrastructure. The deal bolsters AWS against rivals Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, while tying OpenAI closer to Amazon's ecosystem—building on prior integration of OpenAI's open-weight models into AWS services like Bedrock.
CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports on Amazon’s record-setting rally after signing a $38 billion cloud deal with OpenAI.
By Twesha Dikshit and Purvi Agarwal 2025 - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq kicked off November on firmer ground on Monday, after a slew of AI deals boosted megacap companies Amazon and Nvidia, while Kenvue shares soared after Kimberly-Clark's buyout deal.