{"slug": "amazon-s-anthropic-stake-is-leading-to-a-huge-windfall", "title": "Amazon's Anthropic stake is leading to a huge windfall", "summary": "Amazon reported $53.4 billion in non-operating pre-tax other income in its latest quarterly earnings, primarily from its $13 billion investment in Anthropic, which has the potential to grow by up to $20 billion more. Anthropic, which confidentially filed for an IPO in June after a Series H round valuing it at $965 billion, also generated a $3.2 billion gain for Microsoft from its $5 billion investment.", "body_md": "Amazon's stake in Anthropic is proving to be a massive boon to the world's largest online retailer.\n\nIn its latest quarterly earnings report, Amazon reported non-operating pre-tax other income of $53.4 billion, \"primarily from our investment in Anthropic.\"\n\nAccording to previous financial filings, Amazon has invested $13 billion in Anthropic with the potential for up to $20 billion more.\n\n[In June, Anthropic announced](https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-submits-s-1-joins-ipo-race-with-openai-2026-6) that it confidentially filed for an initial public offering, taking the first step [toward a highly anticipated IPO](https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ipo-filing-wall-street-analysts-investors-reactions-2026-6). In late May, Anthropic said that it had completed a Series H funding round that valued the company at $965 billion.\n\nAmazon isn't the only Big Tech name sharing in Anthropic's success.\n\nOn Wednesday, [Microsoft reported](https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-ai-capex-unchanged-data-centers-spending-tech-giants-2026-7) its investment in Anthropic had netted a $3.2 billion gain. Microsoft previously invested $5 billion in Anthropic.\n\nAnthropic has seen its valuation skyrocket as the popularity of its Claude family of models pushes the overall generative AI race.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-s-anthropic-stake-is-leading-to-a-huge-windfall", "canonical_source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-anthropic-stake-q2-earnings-2026-7", "published_at": "2026-07-30 21:53:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-30 21:57:03.296173+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Amazon", "Anthropic", "Microsoft", "Claude"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-s-anthropic-stake-is-leading-to-a-huge-windfall", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-s-anthropic-stake-is-leading-to-a-huge-windfall.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-s-anthropic-stake-is-leading-to-a-huge-windfall.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-s-anthropic-stake-is-leading-to-a-huge-windfall.jsonld"}}