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Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

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were the first to be powered by the company’s Azure Cobalt 100 CPU, as part of a broader cloud infrastructure buildout. The Seattle angel investor and tech veteran has made a tradition of tracking capital expenditures on his blog, Platformonomics , to “separate the clouds from the clowns,” as he puts it.

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Zoom revenue spikes to $328M in Q1; CEO thanks Amazon Web Services for help meeting demand

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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan gave a special shout-out to longtime partner Amazon Web Services and its CEO Andy Jassy for helping the company meet demand. He also praised Oracle and its CEO Larry Ellison for other cloud-related support. AWS posted net sales of $10.2 Zoom Chart).

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Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes

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The chart below is what Amazon’s net sales look like in raw numbers over the past several years, broken down into the major business segments reported by the Seattle-based company. Here are the same results, expressed as a percentage of net sales. Amazon Web Services posted revenue of $22.1

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Amazon’s potential investment in Rackspace would link longtime players in the cloud

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Shares of Rackspace climbed as much as 19% at one point this morning amid reports that Amazon is in talks for a potential investment in the cloud infrastructure and services company. billion and a net loss of $102.3 GeekWire File Photo. Based in San Antonio, Texas, Rackspace reported revenue of $2.4 million in 2019. billion.

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Google Cloud posts second straight profitable quarter on 28% revenue growth

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A sign inside the Google Cloud campus in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Google Cloud boosted its operating profits to $395 million for the second quarter, a improvement of close to $1 billion from its loss of $590 million in the same quarter a year ago. billion, with net income of $18.4

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Amazon’s cloud business and AI initiatives in the spotlight in advance of earnings report

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Amazon’s cloud revenue growth rate and its artificial intelligence initiatives will be closely scrutinized when the company reports second-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon, Aug. Wall Street analysts expect the company to report net sales (revenue) of $131.5 Amazon Web Services revenue growth declined to 15.8%

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Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google

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The investment and expanded partnership includes a commitment by Anthropic to make Amazon Web Services its main cloud provider. The startup will also expand its support for Amazon Bedrock, the AWS service that provides access to AI foundation models for cloud customers to use in building their own apps and services.