Amazon → OpenAI: $50B investment
Amazon invests $50 billion in OpenAI. Amazon leads the $110 billion round ($730 billion pre-money) with $50 billion: $15 billion upfront and $35 billion conditional. Completed per the SEC filing of 31/07/2026; AWS becomes the exclusive third-party cloud for the Frontier platform.
This deal is 19% of everything Amazon pays and 29% of everything OpenAI receives in this database.
- Date
- Feb 27, 2026
- Paid by
Amazon- Received by
OpenAI- Type
- Investment
- Amount
- $50B
- Status
- closed
- Note
- $15 billion upfront + $35 billion conditional
Sources
Press coverage
- Feb 27, 2026 The Information Amazon and OpenAI Reach $50 Billion Investment Agreement
Loops that include this flow
All deals between Amazon and OpenAI
- Nov 3, 2025 OpenAI → Amazon · OpenAI-AWS: $38 billion over 7 years $38B
- Feb 27, 2026 Amazon → OpenAI · Amazon invests $50 billion in OpenAI $50B
- Feb 27, 2026 OpenAI → Amazon · OpenAI expands AWS by $100 billion (2 GW Trainium) $100B
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