Amazon.com Inc. reported first-quarter revenue of $181.5 billion, above the $177.2 billion analyst estimate, with overall growth of 17%. Amazon Web Services generated $37.6 billion in sales, up 28% year over year, marking its fastest Quarterly expans

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Amazon.com Inc. reported first-quarter revenue of $181.5 billion, above the $177.2 billion analyst estimate, with overall growth of 17%. Amazon Web Services generated $37.6 billion in sales, up 28% year over year, marking its fastest Quarterly expansion since Q2 2022, driven by rising AI demand and new data center capacity. Capital expenditures rose to $44.2 billion, exceeding Amazon expectations, as the company expands infrastructure for AI workloads. also deepened partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic, which committed to spending over $100 billion on AWS services, reinforcing cloud demand visibility. Shares were little changed in extended trading.

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