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The Great Re-Alignment: Amazon’s $50 Billion OpenAI Coup Shatters the Microsoft Monopoly
The landscape of generative artificial intelligence underwent a tectonic shift this spring as Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) finalized a historic $50 billion equity investment in OpenAI. Announced in late February 2026 and reaching its first major milestone this April, the deal marks the most significant realignment of power in