Amazon

Amazon is a multinational technology company based in Seattle that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook. Founder Jeff Bezos serves as the company’s executive chair, and Andy Jassy has held the CEO role since 2021.

Recent Articles Subscriber Posts Most Popular Articles
Recent Articles about Amazon
Sachin Katti, OpenAI's head of compute.
AI Infrastructure

OpenAI Could Release Internal Tool That Would Weaken Nvidia’s Software Advantage

By Anissa Gardizy · Jun 1, 2026 9:37am PDT
Morning! Anissa here. OpenAI is open to the idea of publicly sharing software it’s been developing to make its AI run on chips from different providers, a senior executive said, a move that could weaken one of Nvidia’s biggest advantages. The revealing comments came from Sachin Katti, who leads compute and infrastructure at OpenAI,... Morning! Anissa here. OpenAI is open to the idea of publicly sharing software it’s been...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella via Getty
The Briefing

Microsoft’s AI Independence Day

By Aaron Holmes and Qianer Liu · May 31, 2026 2:56pm PDT
Two months after Microsoft’s conscious uncoupling from OpenAI, Microsoft wants to prove it’s thriving as an AI provider that doesn’t have to rely on the ChatGPT maker’s technology. Microsoft’s annual Build conference for roughly 2,500 app developers, which kicks off Tuesday in San Francisco, will be a “debutante ball” of sorts for its team... Two months after Microsoft’s conscious uncoupling from OpenAI, Microsoft wants to prove it’s...
Art by Clark Miller; Getty Images
The Big Read

OpenAI’s Revenue Chief Barnstorms for Business Customers

By Sri Muppidi and Laura Bratton · May 30, 2026 6:00am PDT · 2 comments
Before former Slack CEO Denise Dresser joined OpenAI in December as its chief revenue officer, the company’s efforts to sell its products to business customers were sometimes clunky. Earlier in 2025, for example, the company had struck an agreement with Databricks, which would sell OpenAI products alongside the database software provider’s own... Before former Slack CEO Denise Dresser joined OpenAI in December as its chief revenue officer,...
Art by Clark Miller.
Exclusive

Amazon’s Media Empire Quietly Taps Outside Ad Sales Help

By Catherine Perloff · Jun 2, 2026 6:00am PDT
Amazon has been pitching its advertising business as an “everything store” for media—where brands can buy ads that run on everything from Thursday Night Football and streaming site Twitch to media it does not own, like Netflix and Spotify. Despite that united front, behind the scenes the company has been relying on an increasing number of... Amazon has been pitching its advertising business as an “everything store” for media—where...
A Trainium3 UltraServer at an AWS QA lab in Austin. Photo by Mark Felix / Getty Images.

Amazon’s Nvidia Alternative Starts Winning Over AI Developers

By Catherine Perloff · May 19, 2026 6:00am PDT
Amazon’s yearslong effort to build a serious alternative to Nvidia’s dominant AI chips is starting to gain traction. Anthropic and OpenAI, which have struck multibillion-dollar investment and infrastructure deals with Amazon, have already committed to renting large amounts of current and future Trainium capacity. Now, recent software... Amazon’s yearslong effort to build a serious alternative to Nvidia’s dominant AI chips is...