Amazon is evaluating alternative AI models after shifting Anthropic's Claude to token-based billing on AWS, as costs soar and export controls complicate the

As Anthropic grows to become a leading AI model used by enterprises, it’s been flexing its power with customers—including one of its most important early backers, Amazon. Earlier…

Amazon is evaluating alternative AI models after shifting Anthropic's Claude to token-based billing on AWS, as costs soar and export controls complicate the

Amazon invests $5 billion more in Anthropic with up to $20 billion in milestone-based funding, bringing total potential commitment to $33 billion in

Amazon engineers are already distilling Anthropic models into smaller, cheaper versions for internal use. Starting next year, Amazon will pay by tokens processed rather than…

Amazon is exploring OpenAI as an alternative to Claude after a renegotiated contract with Anthropic will raise costs through token-based pricing.

Amazon is reportedly considering greater use of OpenAI models and its own Nova family after Anthropic raised the cost of using its models in Amazon products.

OpenAI and Codex showing up inside AWS is a reminder that enterprise AI adoption is often less about model access and more about billing, IAM, audit, and governance.

Amazon will shift from compute-hour to token-based pricing for Anthropic's Claude AI models starting 2027, reshaping their $100 billion partnership