Amazon

Reporting and context on Amazon, with a closer look at the decisions and developments that matter.

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At a glance

Amazon operates commerce and technology businesses, including Amazon Web Services. Coverage follows AWS, Bedrock, AI infrastructure and the company’s use of AI.

Focus: AWS; Bedrock; commerce and logistics
Reference: Amazon

Reviewed 19 October 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source; retrospective disclosures are identified in the event. AWS AI and chips run rates may overlap; they are not added to each other or to AWS revenue.

Company milestones

Revenue, funding, product launches and major company events, newest first. Expand the earlier milestones for more history.

Jul
2026
AWS quarterly revenue reaches $42.2B
AWS grows 37% year over year, equivalent to a $169B annualized run rate. Amazon total quarterly sales are $200.6B.
Source: Amazon
Jul
2026
AWS AI business exceeds a $25B run rate
Amazon separately reports AI and chips businesses each above $25B annualized. These overlapping business measures are not summed as incremental revenue.
Source: Amazon

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Earlier revenue, financing and company milestones.

Feb
2025
AWS annual sales reach $107.6B
The 2024 results document 19% AWS growth before the subsequent acceleration in AI infrastructure demand.
Source: Amazon
Nov
2024
Anthropic investment rises to $8B
Amazon commits an additional $4B and becomes Anthropic’s primary cloud and training partner; the investment is distinct from AWS customer sales.
Source: Anthropic / Amazon
Sep
2023
Amazon Bedrock becomes generally available
Managed access to foundation models adds a commercial generative-AI layer to AWS infrastructure.
Source: Amazon
2015
Begins reporting AWS as a separate segment
The annual report separates AWS from North America and International, making the cloud business’s performance visible in financial reporting.
Source: Amazon / SEC
Nov
2014
Introduces Echo and Alexa
The voice-assistant platform begins with a limited set of functions before expanding through speech technology, skills and later generative AI.
Source: Amazon retrospective
Mar
2006
Launches Amazon S3
The storage service helps establish AWS’s infrastructure-as-a-service business, preceding its later AI platforms.
Source: Amazon
1994
Amazon is founded
The company expands from online retail into marketplaces, logistics, devices and cloud computing.
Source: Amazon