{"id":141435,"date":"2026-08-16T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/141435\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:52:32","slug":"elon-musk-admits-he-underestimated-anthropics-ai-why-amazon-investors-should-care-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/141435\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Admits He Underestimated Anthropic’s AI — Why Amazon Investors Should Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It takes a lot for Elon Musk to admit he’s wrong. A year ago, the leader of SpaceX and Tesla said that Anthropic would never be a leader in artificial intelligence (AI)<\/a>. Today, he has admitted this was incorrect, with Anthropic the fastest-growing AI start-up in the world, with annualized revenue estimated at double that of its competitor OpenAI. <\/p>\n

For Musk, this means potential AI infrastructure revenue at SpaceX, which just signed a nice commitment from Anthropic. But there is another megacap technology company that may benefit even more from Anthropic’s meteoric rise: Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). <\/p>\n

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Massive cloud commitments <\/p>\n

Amazon made an early bet to become the lead infrastructure backer for Anthropic, likely after its cloud competitor, Microsoft, did the same with OpenAI. Amazon has invested over $10 billion in Anthropic and has committed to investing a total of $33 billion in the start-up. In return, Anthropic is going to utilize Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud provider<\/a>, spending $100 billion or more with Amazon. <\/p>\n

This could be highly meaningful for AWS, especially if Anthropic keeps up this growth trajectory and soon clears $100 billion in annualized revenue, eventually reaching hundreds of billions a year. Last quarter, AWS revenue grew 37% year over year to an annualized run rate of $169 billion. A lot of this growth is due to Anthropic. <\/p>\n

On top of this revenue growth, Amazon holds an equity stake in Anthropic estimated at over 10% (the exact figure is not known today). If Anthropic goes public in the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history — which it is reportedly preparing for later this year — Amazon’s stake could be worth something like $250 billion. <\/p>\n

\"Elon<\/a> Elon Musk. Image source: The White House. Is Amazon stock a buy because of Anthropic? <\/p>\n

The appreciation of Amazon’s stake in Anthropic will be a nice boost for Amazon, but the real value comes from Anthropic’s commitments to AWS, including Amazon’s homegrown computer chips. This will set the standard for other AI start-ups and Fortune 500 enterprises, leading to even more revenue growth in the years ahead. <\/p>\n

Amazon management believes that AWS can eventually grow to $1 trillion in revenue. It may take a decade or longer for that to happen, but it gives the business a massive growth runway. Right now, Amazon trades at a market cap of $2.86 trillion. If Amazon grows its AWS revenue to $1 trillion, the stock may be worth multiples of that on its own, not even including the e-commerce and advertising businesses. <\/p>\n

For its relationship with Anthropic and more, Amazon stock is worth buying right now. <\/p>\n

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