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Amazon's Q2 profit boosted by $53.4B Anthropic investment gain

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Amazon reported a significant boost to its second-quarter 2026 net income, largely driven by a $53.4 billion unrealized gain from its investment in Anthropic. This paper gain, which is a revaluation of its stake rather than actual revenue, dwarfed the company's operating income and last year's profit. Despite this accounting event, Amazon also highlighted its ongoing strategic partnerships, including providing cloud services and its Trainium chips to AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI, and expanding its Bedrock service with new models. AI

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Amazon's Q2 profit boosted by $53.4B Anthropic investment gain

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  1. dev.to — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Breach Protocol ·

    Amazon booked a $53.4 billion gain on Anthropic, and none of it is revenue

    <p>Amazon reported second-quarter 2026 net income of $62.6 billion, and $53.4 billion of it came from revaluing its investment in Anthropic. The company states in its own release that the quarter "includes non-operating pre-tax other income of $53.4 billion, primarily from our in…

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