Amazon internally projected Alexa+ cloud computing costs to reach around $1.7 billion in 2026, nearly triple the previous year's figure.
To reduce costs, $AMZN was working to rely less on Anthropic's AI models and route more requests to its own cheaper systems.
The company also considered delaying or scaling back Moonraker, its advanced AI agent project, which was projected to require over $100 million in GPU spending this year.
Source: Business Insider reporting