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AI Finds the Deal, Shoppers Still Make the Call

August 05, 2026
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Amazon’s AI Business Helps It Top $3 Trillion Market Cap
Amazon // August 03, 2026

Amazon joined several of its fellow tech giants in the $3 trillion club, Reuters reported Monday (Aug. 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

Amazon Completes $50 Billion Investment in OpenAI
Artificial Intelligence // July 31, 2026

Amazon completed a $50 billion investment in OpenAI that the two companies announced in February. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Amazon Narrows AI Ambitions as Retail Rivalry Intensifies
Retail // July 30, 2026

Amazon’s decision this week to scale back parts of its homegrown artificial intelligence portfolio has been taken by the marketplace as a retreat from the frontier-model competition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Amazon Contends With Unplanned Overspending on AI
Amazon // July 30, 2026

Amazon has reportedly uncovered instances of “catastrophically expensive” cost overruns caused by errors in AI deployment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

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Amazon Narrows AI Ambitions as Retail Rivalry Intensifies

July 30, 2026
Amazon’s decision this week to scale back parts of its homegrown artificial intelligence portfolio has been taken by the marketplace as a retreat from the frontier-model competition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our […]

The Grocery Run No Longer Belongs to One Retailer

July 14, 2026
A weekly grocery run seems like the perfect opportunity to fill a shopping cart with everything else a household needs. New data suggests consumers increasingly see it differently. Get the...

The New Storefront Is the AI Conversation

July 09, 2026
Retail is getting a first-principles upgrade at the hands, or lack of them, of artificial intelligence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Smallbatch Pets Finds a Prime Day Edge in AI

June 22, 2026
Prime Day is built for scale. Smallbatch Pets is built around the opposite idea: raw and freeze-dried pet food made in small batches from humanely raised meats and organic produce. From...

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Amazon’s AI Business Helps It Top $3 Trillion Market Cap

August 03, 2026
Amazon joined several of its fellow tech giants in the $3 trillion club, Reuters reported Monday (Aug. 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you […]

Amazon Completes $50 Billion Investment in OpenAI

July 31, 2026
Amazon completed a $50 billion investment in OpenAI that the two companies announced in February. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Amazon Contends With Unplanned Overspending on AI

July 30, 2026
Amazon has reportedly uncovered instances of “catastrophically expensive” cost overruns caused by errors in AI deployment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Amazon Mounts AI Reorganization Following Layoffs 

July 28, 2026
Amazon is reportedly phasing out several in-house artificial intelligence (AI) models in a larger AI overhaul. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...