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OpenAI said to be in talks with Amazon on $10B+ investment at $500B+ valuation
Bay Area Times
December 17, 2025
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- OpenAI in talks with Amazon on $10B+ investment at $500B+ valuation
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1. OpenAI said to be in talks with Amazon on $10B+ investment at $500B+ valuation
OpenAI hit a $500B valuation in a $6.6B share sale in Oct.:
The investment would help OpenAI fund its cloud commitments, including the $38B, seven-year AWS server commitment.
OpenAI reportedly plans to use Amazon’s Trainium chips as part of the discussions.
Amazon could not sell OpenAI models to AWS customers, as Microsoft retains exclusive rights.
Potential commerce partnerships were also discussed between Amazon and OpenAI.
Oct.: the talks reportedly began, following OpenAI’s corporate restructuring.
2. Waymo said to seek $15B+ at ~$100B valuation led by Alphabet
Reportedly at a $350M+ annual revenue run rate.
Waymo competes with Tesla and Amazon’s Zoox and operates driverless robotaxis in multiple cities.
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