Amazon’s $128 Billion AI Bet: Five Realities From the 2025 Fiscal Year
Summary Amazon spent $128.3 billion on capital expenditures in 2025 , up from $77.7 billion the year before—nearly all of it directed at AI and cloud infrastructure ( Amazon 10-K Filing). A $15.2 billion swing in “Other Income” was driven by unrealized paper gains on Amazon’s $8 billion Anthropic investment—not by retail or cloud cash […]
