Annual letter: Andy Jassy says AWS' AI revenue has hit a $15B annual run rate as of Q1 and that Amazon's internal chips business is generating $20B+ per year
Andy Jassy's new letter to Amazon shareholders is a data-heavy defense of the tech giant's biggest bets
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AWS AI Hits $15B Run Rate, Amazon Eyes $200B Capex in 2026
Andy Jassy's shareholder letter reveals massive AI revenue milestones and jaw-dropping capital spending plans.
Amazon's cloud division is printing money from AI. AWS has hit a $15 billion annual revenue run rate from AI alone as of Q1, according to CEO Andy Jassy's latest shareholder letter.
But that's not even the headline number. Amazon plans to pour roughly $200 billion into capital expenditures in 2026. Let that sink in.
Jassy's letter reads like a data-loaded justification of Amazon's biggest gambles — AI infrastructure, custom silicon, and the massive cloud buildout powering all of it. The company is clearly betting that enterprise AI demand will keep accelerating, and it's putting staggering sums behind that conviction.
The $15B AI run rate signals AWS is successfully monetizing the generative AI wave. The $200B capex figure shows Amazon isn't planning to slow down anytime soon. If anything, they're flooring it.